SCHEDULES

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

Application of proceeds by Secretary of State F1...

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(1)

In the case of a trunk road charging scheme—

(a)

which is made by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 167, or

(b)

which is made by virtue of paragraph (b) of that subsection F2...,

the F3relevant authority’s F3Secretary of State’s share of the net proceeds is available only for application for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of any policies or proposals relating to transport.

F4(2)

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(3)

F5Sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies during the period of ten years beginning with the coming into force of a scheme F6made by virtue of section 167(2)(a).

(4)

The F7appropriate national authority F7Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to circumstances in which—

(a)

the same scheme is to be regarded as continuing in force in spite of a variation of the scheme or the revocation and replacement (with or without modifications) of the scheme, or

(b)

a different scheme is, or is not, to be regarded as coming into force,

for the purposes of determining when the period specified in sub-paragraph (3) begins or expires in the case of a scheme.

(5)

Except where F8sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, the F9relevant authority’s F9Secretary of State’s share of the net proceeds of a trunk road charging scheme F10made by virtue of section 167(2)(a) is available to be applied only as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations made by the F11appropriate national authority F11Secretary of State.

(6)

The provision that may be made by regulations under sub-paragraph (5) includes provision for sub-paragraph (3) to apply with the substitution for the number of years for the time being mentioned in it of a number of years greater than ten.