2014 No. 2437
Highways
The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made 11th September 2014
Laid before Parliament 12th September 2014
Coming into force 7th October 2014

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the Act”) in relation to charges (including taxes and tolls) on vehicles.
S.I. 2009/707.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the Act, makes the following Regulations.
1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), and by section 3(3) of and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7) Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by section 3(3) of and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008. Section 1(2) was amended by the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51). Regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations created or arising by or under the Agreement on the EEA signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).There are other amendments which are not relevant to this instrument. Under section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under Community law in relation to devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to those obligations continues to be exercisable by the Secretary of State as regards Scotland. As regards Northern Ireland and Wales, the Secretary of State continues to have power to make regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and is designated for the purpose of that section, in relation to the whole of the United Kingdom.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the Act and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to Annexes II and IIIb of Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17th June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures to be construed as a reference to those Annexes as amended from time to time.
O.J. L187, 20.7.1999,p.42. Annex II deals with maximum amounts in Euro of user charges, including administrative costs referred to in Article 7(7) of Directive 1999/62/EC, Annex IIIb deals with the maximum weighted average external-cost charge.