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The Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/752 · Made 1 July 2026

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ROAD TRAFFIC, ENGLAND

Made 1st July 2026

Laid before Parliament 6th July 2026

Coming into force 7th September 2026

The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 173(4) and 197(1)(b) of the Transport Act 2000f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 38.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 7th September 2026.

2Amendment of the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013

(1)

The Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013f1 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In regulation 3 (service of documents)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), in both places it occurs, omit “first class”;

(b)

after paragraph (4)(a), insert—

“(aa)

service of a notice or other document sent by post other than first class post to an address in the United Kingdom is to be taken to have been effected on the fourth working day after the day on which it was posted;”;

(c)

in paragraph (4)(b)—

(i)

omit “first class”;

(ii)

for “fifth” substitute “tenth”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Sarah Sackman

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

1st July 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1783) by amending the provisions relating to the service of notices and other documents by a charging authority. The effect of the amendment is to permit the use of a wider range of postal services and specify the deemed date of delivery for documents served within and outside the United Kingdom.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.