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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-schemes-penalty-charges-adjudication-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1783",
  "legislation_title": "The Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-schemes-penalty-charges-adjudication-and-enforcement-england-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic, England\nMade 16th July 2013\nLaid before Parliament 23rd July 2013\nComing into force 2nd September 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 163(2), 173(1) to (3), 174(1), (2) and (5), 175(1) and 197(1) of the Transport Act 2000 and the Lord Chancellor in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 173(4), 195(1)(b) to (d) and (2) and 197(1) of that Act, make the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (15.4.2025) by The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/462), art. 1, Sch. 12 para. 2 (with arts. 5, 43, 53(7), 54(2), Sch. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c.38. Section 198(1) of the Act contains definitions of “charging authority”, “charging scheme”, “charging scheme penalty charges”, “motor vehicle”, “registered keeper” and “road”. The powers conferred by section 163(2)(b), 173(1) and (3)(b) and 175(1) are conferred on “the appropriate national authority”. By virtue of section 198(1) the Secretary of State is the appropriate national authority in relation to charging schemes relating only to England. Section 174(1)(bb) was substituted by the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26) section 115(2)(a); section 174(2)(a) was amended by sections 115(2)(b) and (c) of that Act and section 174(2)(b) was also amended by section 115(2)(c) of that Act."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1783/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:47:32.346144+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."
}