{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-enforcement-and-adjudication-london-regulations-2001/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-enforcement-and-adjudication-london-regulations-2001/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2313",
  "legislation_title": "The Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-enforcement-and-adjudication-london-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;\n“adjudicator” means a road user charging adjudicator appointed in accordance with regulation 3;\n“Charges and Penalty Charges Regulations” means the Road User Charging (Charges and Penalty Charges) (London) Regulations 2001;\n“hiring agreement” has the same meaning as in section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988;\n“outstanding” in relation to a penalty charge shall be construed in accordance with regulation 11(2) of the Charges and Penalty Charges Regulations;\n“penalty charge notice” has the meaning given in regulation 12;\n“person liable” in relation to a vehicle means the registered keeper of that vehicle or the person who is liable, in accordance with the Charges and Penalty Charges Regulations, to pay a charge or penalty charge imposed by a charging scheme;\n“relevant person” in Part III has the meaning given in regulation 9;\n“vehicle” means a motor vehicle; and\n“vehicle-hire firm” has the same meaning as in section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.\n(2) In determining for the purposes of any provision of these Regulations whether a charge or penalty charge has been paid before the end of a particular period, it shall be taken to be paid when it is received by the charging authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (17.2.2003) by The Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/108), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 30.7.2001, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2285."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2313/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:45:22.124498+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."
}