Prescribed charges2.
(1)
The prescribed charge which a person is liable to pay in respect of the removal of his vehicle by virtue of section 38(3) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 shall be, in respect of each description of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations, the amount set out opposite thereto in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2)
On the variation date the prescribed charge referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be increased or decreased (as the case may be) by the RPI percentage.
(3)
In this regulation–
“the RPI percentage” means the percentage increase or decrease (as the case may be) in the Retail Prices Index published from time to time in Table 5 (in respect of all items except mortgage interest payments) (RPIX) of Business Monitor (MM23) as revised from time to time maintained by the Office of National Statistics calculated by reference to the published figures in respect of such Index current as at 31st October 1997 and the published figures in respect of such Index current as at 31st October immediately prior to the variation date in question.
“the variation date” means 1st January 1999 and 1st January in each year thereafter.