SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 Road user charging and workplace parking levy: financial provisions

Application of proceeds by non-metropolitan local traffic authorities

I1C1C48

1

This paragraph applies to a non-metropolitan local traffic authority’s share of the net proceeds of F5any relevant scheme.

2

The share of the net proceeds is available only—

a

for application by the authority for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of F1local transport policies of the authority, or

b

for application by any authority falling within sub-paragraph (3) selected by the authority whose share it is in accordance with sub-paragraph (4).

3

The authorities which fall within this sub-paragraph are—

a

other non-metropolitan local traffic authorities

F3aa

Integrated Transport AuthoritiesF15, combined authorities and combined county authorities;

b

London traffic authorities and the Greater London Authority.

4

A share of the net proceeds of a relevant scheme is applied in accordance with this sub-paragraph if it is applied—

a

by a non-metropolitan local traffic authority for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of F2any of its local transport policies,

F4aa

by an Integrated Transport Authority F16, combined authority or combined county authority for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of any of its local transport policies, or

b

by a London traffic authority or the Greater London Authority in accordance with the transport strategy prepared and published under section 142 of the M1Greater London Authority Act 1999,

in a way which will benefit the whole or any part of the area of the non-metropolitan local traffic authority whose share it is.

F65

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I3C210

1

A relevant scheme made by one or more non-metropolitan local traffic authorities must include—

a

a general plan relating to the application of their shares of the net proceeds of the relevant scheme during the opening ten year period, and

b

a detailed programme for the application of their shares of the net proceeds of the relevant scheme during F8the opening five year period.

2

In this Schedule—

a

the opening ten year period” means the period which begins with the date on which the relevant scheme comes into force and ends with the tenth financial year that commences on or after that date, and

F9b

the opening five year period” means the period which begins with that date and ends with the fifth financial year that commences on or after that date.

3

The order making a scheme F10which relates to an area in Wales shall not come into force unless and until the general plan and detailed programme required by sub-paragraph (1) have been approved by F11the Welsh Ministers.

I4C311

F121

If a relevant scheme made by one or more non-metropolitan local traffic authorities remains in force after the end of the opening five year period, the authority or each of the authorities shall, during every fifth financial year after the financial year in which the scheme comes into force, prepare a detailed programme for the application of its share of the net proceeds of the scheme during the next five years.

2

Any programme F13prepared in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) in relation to a relevant scheme prevails over any conflicting provisions in the general plan included in the scheme pursuant to paragraph 10(1)(a).

3

Except with the consent of the appropriate national authority in any particular case, a non-metropolitan local traffic authority may not apply its share of the net proceeds of a scheme for any purpose (other than making good any amount to the general fund or general account of the relevant authority which made the scheme) in any financial year beginning after the end of F14the opening five year period unless it is complying with sub-paragraph (1).