{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a282-trunk-road-dartfordthurrock-crossing-charging-scheme-order-2002/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1040",
  "legislation_title": "The A282 Trunk Road (Dartford–Thurrock Crossing Charging Scheme) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a282-trunk-road-dartfordthurrock-crossing-charging-scheme-order-2002",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State or his agent may enter into agreements (“composition agreements”) under which persons compound in advance, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, for the payment of charges in respect of the use of the length of highway described in Schedule 1, by them, by other persons or by any vehicles.\n(2) A composition agreement may relate to use on such number of occasions or during such period as may be provided by the agreement.\n(3) Composition agreements offered by the Secretary of State or his agent to persons seeking to compound in advance for the payment of charges must be offered on the same terms with respect to the same description of use of the length of highway described in Schedule 1 to all persons seeking so to compound in respect of use of that description.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1040/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:00:22.509611+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}