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Statutory Instruments
Highways
Made
15th July 2009
Laid before Parliament
21st July 2009
Coming into force
15th August 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to charges (including taxes and tolls) on vehicles(2).
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51). Under section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under Community law in relation to devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to those obligations continues to be exercisable by the Secretary of State as regards Scotland. As regards Northern Ireland and Wales, the Secretary of State continues to have power to make regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and is designated for the purposes of that section, in relation to the whole of the United Kingdom.
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