# The Road User Charging and Workplace Parking Levy (Classes of Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Part III of the Transport Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) provides for road user charging and workplace parking levy schemes, and includes powers for the Secretary of State to make a road user charging scheme in respect of a trunk road which is carried by a bridge, or passes through a tunnel, of at least 600 metres in length.
Section 171(1)(c) of the 2000 Act requires a charging scheme to specify the classes of motor vehicles in respect of which charges are imposed. Section 198(3) requires classes for these purposes to be defined by regulations.
These Regulations amend the Road User Charging and Workplace Parking Levy (Classes of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001 (“the 2001 Regulations”) to define and describe classes of motor vehicles specifically for the purposes of charging schemes made in respect of the Severn Crossings.
Regulation 2 adds a new Schedule 2 to the 2001 Regulations containing the new classes and makes consequential amendments to those Regulations. The new classes are only for use in respect of Severn charging schemes. A Severn charging scheme may specify charges by reference to the classes in the new Schedule 2 (see the amendments made by regulation 2(2)(c)).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1141/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-and-workplace-parking-levy-classes-of-motor-vehicles-england-amendment-regulations-2017/note
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