Part III Road user charging and workplace parking levy

Chapter I Road user charging

Charging schemes

164 Local charging schemes.

(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 F2or the area of a combined 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 F5or the area of a combined 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.

(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.