Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008

Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act
Scottish Parliament
Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008
Enacted by SNP
Date passed 7 December 2007
Date enacted 2008
Date of Royal Assent 24 January 2008
Summary
Abolished tolls on all road bridges in Scotland
Status: In force

The Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2008 is a piece of legislation to abolish tolls on all road bridges in Scotland. In practice, it removed the remaining tolls on the Forth Road Bridge and the Tay Road Bridge and repealed legislation relating to the Erskine Bridge.

Background

The Bill was a fulfilment of the commitment in the SNP manifesto for the May 2007 election to remove the tolls on the Forth and Tay Road Bridges. Leaving the two road bridges into and out of Fife as the only remaining toll bridges in Scotland was described as "unacceptable and unfair". The provisions of the Bill removed this anomaly, making the entire road network in Scotland "consistent and fair".

Passage through Parliament

The Bill was introduced as an Executive Bill by John Swinney MSP on 3 September 2007. The Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Act 2008 asp 1 was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 7 December 2007.[1] The act was given the Royal Assent on 24 January 2008.

See also

References

  1. ↑ MSPs vote to scrap bridge tolls, BBC News, 20 December 2007

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