(1)An order granting development consent may include provision authorising the charging of tolls in relation to a highway only if a request to that effect has been included in the application for the order.
(2)If an order granting development consent includes provision authorising the charging of tolls in relation to a highway, the order is treated as a toll order for the purposes of sections 7 to 18 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22).
[F1(2A)Subsection (2) does not apply to an order that includes provision authorising other charges in respect of the use or keeping of motor vehicles on roads.
(2B)In subsection (2A)—
“motor vehicle” has the meaning given in section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, except that section 189 of that Act (exceptions: certain pedestrian controlled vehicles and electrically assisted pedal cycles) applies as it applies for the purposes of the Road Traffic Acts;
“road” has the meaning given in section 142(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.]
F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 144(2A)(2B) inserted (25.6.2013) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 27(2), 35(1); S.I. 2013/1124, art. 9 (with arts. 10, 11)
F2S. 144(3) omitted (25.6.2013) by virtue of Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 27(3), 35(1); S.I. 2013/1124, art. 9 (with arts. 10, 11)
Commencement Information
I1S. 144 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 4(e) (with art. 6)