# Transport Act 2000, Section 164: Local charging schemes.

Extent: E+W

(1) A local charging scheme may only be made in respect of roads for which the charging authority are the traffic authority.
(2) A local charging scheme which has effect wholly outside an integrated transport area , the area of a combined authority or the area of a combined county authority may only be made if it appears desirable for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of local transport policies of the charging authority.
(3) A local charging scheme which has effect wholly within an integrated transport area , the area of a combined authority or the area of a combined county authority may only be made if it appears desirable for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of local transport policies of—
(a) the charging authority, and
(b) the Integrated Transport Authority for the integrated transport area or (as the case may be) the combined authority or combined county authority.
(4) For the purposes of this section and sections 165 and 166—
(a) a charging scheme has effect wholly outside an integrated transport area if none of the roads in respect of which it is made is in such an area;
(b) any reference to a charging scheme which has effect wholly, or partly, within an integrated transport area is to be read accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/164 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-164
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