{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1981/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1981/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/56",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1981",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Charging schemes.",
  "text": "(1) Contributions under section 16 shall be levied by means of one or more schemes made by the Secretary of State, referred to in this section as “charging schemes”.\n(2) A charging scheme shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(3) A charging scheme may apply to all harbour authorities, subject to subsection (4), to harbour authorities of a particular class or to particular harbour authorities, and may make provision for levying different contributions from different harbour authorities to whom it applies.\n(4) No contribution shall be levied from a harbour authority under a charging scheme if the only harbour being improved, maintained or managed by them is a fishery harbour or marine work within the meaning of the Harbours Act 1964.\n(5) The provisions of Part II of Schedule 5 have effect with respect to charging schemes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1964 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/56/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:46.715097+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."
}