{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-charge-point-regulations-2023/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-charge-point-regulations-2023/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348249873",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-charge-point-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Payment roaming",
  "text": "(1) A charge point operator must, within two years from the date on which these Regulations come into force, ensure that a person using any of its charge points is able to pay to charge an electric vehicle using a payment service provided by a third party roaming provider.\n(2) Where, on the date on which these Regulations come into force, a charge point operator permits a person using its charge points to pay to charge an electric vehicle using a payment service provided by a third party roaming provider, the charge point operator must, within 28 days from the date on which these Regulations come into force, submit a report to the Secretary of State which lists each third party roaming provider permitted to provide such a service.\n(3) A charge point operator must notify the Secretary of State of—\n(a) any third party roaming provider permitted to provide a payment service for its charge points and such notification must be given within 28 days from the date on which permission to provide that service is granted; and\n(b) any third party roaming provider which is no longer permitted to provide a payment service for its charge points and such notification must be given within 28 days from the date on which permission to provide that service is withdrawn.\n(4) In this regulation—\n(a) “application” means a software programme that runs through a web browser or offline on a mobile telephone or other device and enables a person to charge an electric vehicle, and which does not serve solely as a method of payment;\n(b) “network of public charge points” means all the public charge points owned or operated by a single charge point operator;\n(c) “payment service” means a service that enables a person to pay, using an application or an RFID card, for charging an electric vehicle at public charge points operated by different charge point operators;\n(d) “RFID card” means a card with Radio Frequency Identification functionality which allows a person to charge an electric vehicle but which is not a payment card;\n(e) “third party roaming provider” means a person who provides a payment service in respect of different networks of public charge points.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348249873/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:04.543510+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."
}