# The Road User Charging And Workplace Parking Levy (Classes Of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations only extend to England. They relate to the provisions of Part III of the Transport Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) which enable road user charging (“charging”) or workplace parking levy (“licensing”) schemes to be made, inter alia,—
(a) by a non-metropolitan local traffic authority (a local traffic authority for an area outside Greater London);
(b) jointly by more than one non-metropolitan local traffic authority; or
(c) jointly by one or more non-metropolitan local traffic authorities and one or more London traffic authorities (Transport for London, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London).
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 186(3)(d) of the Act provides that charges that may be imposed by a licensing scheme include different charges for different classes of motor vehicles. Section 198(3) of the Act requires classes for these purposes to be defined by regulations.
Regulation 2(1) provides for the classes of motor vehicles listed in the Schedule to the Regulations to be classes of motor vehicles for the purposes of Part III of the 2000 Act.
Regulation 2(2) and (3) provides that in relation to Parts IV and V of the Schedule, certain classes of motor vehicles (which are defined, inter alia, by reference to their maximum mass) are not specified in relation to charging and licensing schemes which specify charges for certain classes of motor vehicles (which are defined, inter alia, by reference to the number of their axles). The effect of these provisions is to ensure that a charging or licensing scheme cannot impose charges for classes of motor vehicles by reference to their maximum mass as well as the number of their axles.
The definitions of classes of motor vehicles in Part II of the Schedule are based on definitions in Article 1 of Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (O.J. L225, 10. 08. 92, p.72. Directive as amended by the Act of Accession 1994).
The definitions of classes of motor vehicles in Parts III, IV and V of the Schedule are based on the definitions in Annex II of Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6th February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (O.J. L42, 23. 02. 70, p.1) as last amended by Directive 98/91/EC (O.J. L11, 16. 01. 99, p.25).
Copies of the Directives referred to in this Explanatory Note can be obtained from the Stationery Office.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2793/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-and-workplace-parking-levy-classes-of-motor-vehicles-england-regulations-2001/note
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