SCHEDULE 12 Road user charging and workplace parking levy: financial provisions
Application of proceeds by non-metropolitan local traffic authorities
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(1)
This paragraph applies to a non-metropolitan local traffic authority’s share of the net proceeds of F1any relevant scheme.
(2)
The share of the net proceeds is available only—
(a)
for application by the authority for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of F2local transport policies of the authority, or
(b)
for application by any authority falling within sub-paragraph (3) selected by the authority whose share it is in accordance with sub-paragraph (4).
(3)
The authorities which fall within this sub-paragraph are—
(a)
other non-metropolitan local traffic authorities
(b)
London traffic authorities and the Greater London Authority.
(4)
A share of the net proceeds of a relevant scheme is applied in accordance with this sub-paragraph if it is applied—
(a)
by a non-metropolitan local traffic authority for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of F5any of its local transport policies,
F6(aa)
by an Integrated Transport Authority F7or combined authority for the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the achievement of any of its local transport policies, or
(b)
by a London traffic authority or the Greater London Authority in accordance with the transport strategy prepared and published under section 142 of the M1Greater London Authority Act 1999,
in a way which will benefit the whole or any part of the area of the non-metropolitan local traffic authority whose share it is.
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(1)
A relevant scheme made by one or more non-metropolitan local traffic authorities must include—
(a)
a general plan relating to the application of their shares of the net proceeds of the relevant scheme during the opening ten year period, and
(b)
a detailed programme for the application of their shares of the net proceeds of the relevant scheme during F10the opening five year period.
(2)
In this Schedule—
(a)
“the opening ten year period” means the period which begins with the date on which the relevant scheme comes into force and ends with the tenth financial year that commences on or after that date, and
F11(b)
“the opening five year period” means the period which begins with that date and ends with the fifth financial year that commences on or after that date.
(3)
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F14(1)
If a relevant scheme made by one or more non-metropolitan local traffic authorities remains in force after the end of the opening five year period, the authority or each of the authorities shall, during every fifth financial year after the financial year in which the scheme comes into force, prepare a detailed programme for the application of its share of the net proceeds of the scheme during the next five years.
(2)
Any programme F15prepared in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) in relation to a relevant scheme prevails over any conflicting provisions in the general plan included in the scheme pursuant to paragraph 10(1)(a).
(3)
Except with the consent of the appropriate national authority in any particular case, a non-metropolitan local traffic authority may not apply its share of the net proceeds of a scheme for any purpose (other than making good any amount to the general fund or general account of the relevant authority which made the scheme) in any financial year beginning after the end of F16the opening five year period unless it is complying with sub-paragraph (1).