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Transport Act 2000, Section 164 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

164 Local charging schemes.E+W
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(1)A local charging scheme may only be made in respect of roads for which the charging authority are the traffic authority.

(2)A local charging scheme [F1which has effect wholly outside an integrated transport area] [F2, the area of a combined authority or the area of a combined county authority] may only be made if it appears desirable for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of [F3local transport policies of the charging authority].

[F4(3)A local charging scheme which has effect wholly within an integrated transport area [F5, the area of a combined authority or the area of a combined county authority] may only be made if it appears desirable for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of local transport policies of—

(a)the charging authority, and

(b)the Integrated Transport Authority for the integrated transport area [F6or (as the case may be) the combined authority] [F7or combined county authority].

(4)For the purposes of this section and sections 165 and 166—

(a)a charging scheme has effect wholly outside an integrated transport area if none of the roads in respect of which it is made is in such an area;

(b)any reference to a charging scheme which has effect wholly, or partly, within an integrated transport area is to be read accordingly.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 164(2) inserted (9.2.2009 for E., 1.4.2009 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 104(2)(a), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/579, art. 2(j)

F3Words in s. 164(2) substituted (9.2.2009 for E., 1.4.2009 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 104(2)(b), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/579, art. 2(j)

F4S. 164(3)(4) inserted (9.2.2009 for E., 1.4.2009 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 104(3), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/579, art. 2(j)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 164(3) excluded by S.I. 2011/41, art. 42A(2) (as inserted (14.9.2016) by The River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/851), arts. 1, 3(3))

Commencement Information

I1S. 164 partly in force; s. 164 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 164 in force (E.) at 1.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to the savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II); s. 164 in force for specified purposes (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14

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