SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 23 Road user charging
F7Approval of equipment and directions for use
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1
No equipment of a description specified in a direction under this paragraph given by the Authority to Transport for London and every London borough council may be used in connection with a charging scheme unless
b
the equipment is used in accordance with directions given by the Authority.
2
Where the Secretary of State considers that—
a
equipment of any particular description used in connection with a charging scheme (“the non-standard equipment”) is incompatible with a national standard for equipment of that or any other description, and
b
the incompatibility is detrimental to the interests of persons resident in England outside Greater London,
he may give notice of that fact to the Authority.
3
Where the Secretary of State has given notice under sub-paragraph (2) above to the Authority, the non-standard equipment may no longer be used in connection with a charging scheme except with the authorisation of the Secretary of State.
F23A
Where the Secretary of State considers that—
a
directions under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above regarding the use of equipment in connection with a charging scheme are incompatible with regulations under section 176(2)(b) of the Transport Act 2000, and
b
the incompatibility is detrimental to the interests of persons resident in England outside Greater London,
he may give notice of that fact to the Authority.
3B
Where the Secretary of State has given notice under sub-paragraph (3A) above to the Authority, the equipment in question may no longer be used in connection with a charging scheme except with the authorisation of the Secretary of State.
4
Any authorisation under sub-paragraph (3) F4or (3B) above may be given subject to conditions.
5
Any authorisation under sub-paragraph (3) F5or (3B) above, and any conditions under sub-paragraph (4) above, may be varied or revoked.
6
In this paragraph “national standard” means any standard approved by the Secretary of State by regulations F1under section 176(2) of the Transport Act 2000..
Sch. 23 para. 29 heading substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 116(8), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1