{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-167",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-167.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "section/167",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "167",
  "heading": "Trunk road charging schemes.",
  "text": "(1) A trunk road charging scheme may only be made—\n(a) by the Secretary of State in respect of roads for which he or a strategic highways company is the traffic authority, or\n(b) by the National Assembly for Wales in respect of roads for which it is the traffic authority.\n(2) A trunk road charging scheme under subsection (1)(a) may only be made in respect of a road if—\n(a) the road is carried by a bridge, or passes through a tunnel, of at least 600 metres in length, or\n(b) a local traffic authority , an Integrated Transport Authority, a combined authority , a combined county authority or Transport for London has requested the charging authority to make the trunk road charging scheme in connection with a charging scheme under this Part, or a scheme under Schedule 23 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999, made or proposed by them.\n(3) A trunk road charging scheme under subsection (1)(b) may only be made in respect of a road if—\n(a) the road is carried by a bridge, or passes through a tunnel, of at least 600 metres in length,\n(b) the scheme is made for the purpose of reducing or limiting air pollution in the vicinity of the road (which may comprise or include a length of road of the kind described in paragraph (a)), or\n(c) a local traffic authority have requested the charging authority to make the scheme in connection with a charging scheme under this Part made or proposed by them.\n(4) Subsection (3)(b) does not prevent a scheme made by virtue of subsection (3)(c) from being made for the purpose of reducing or limiting air pollution.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 167(1)(a) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 126; S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 167(2) inserted (14.4.2024) by Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 2), ss. 22(2)(a), 30(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 167(2)(b) inserted (9.2.2009 for E., 1.4.2009 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/579, art. 2(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 167(2)(b) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 108; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 167(2)(b) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 141 (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 167(3)(4) inserted (14.4.2024) by Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 2), ss. 22(2)(b), 30(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1999 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 167 partly in force; s. 167 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 167 in force (E.) at 1.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to the savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II); s. 167 in force for specified purposes (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/167",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+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."
}