Road User Charging And Workplace Parking Levy (Classes Of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2001/2793

2001 No. 2793

ROAD TRAFFIC

ENGLAND

The Road User Charging And Workplace Parking Levy (Classes Of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001

Made 2nd August 2001

Laid before Parliament 3rd August 2001

Coming into force 28th August 2001

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 197(1) and 198(3) of the Transport Act 20001, hereby makes the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation, commencement and extent

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road User Charging and Workplace Parking Levy (Classes of Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 28th August 2001.

(2) These Regulations only extend to England.

S-2 Classes of motor vehicles

Classes of motor vehicles

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the classes of motor vehicles listed in the Schedule to these Regulations are classes of motor vehicles specified for the purposes of Part III of the Transport Act 2000 (road user charging and the workplace parking levy).

(2) In relation to Part IV of the Schedule, classes M2(a), M2(b), M3(a) and M3(b) are not specified in relation to charging schemes and licensing schemes which specify charges for motor vehicles by reference to classes MAB(1)(a), MAB(1)(b), MAB(2)(a), MAB(2)(b), MAB(3)(a) or MAB(3)(b).

(3) In relation to Part V of the Schedule, classes N1(a), N1(b), N2(a), N2(b), N3(a) and N3(b) are not specified in relation to charging schemes and licensing schemes which specify charges for motor vehicles by reference to classes NAB(1)(a), NAB(1)(b), NAB(2)(a), NAB(2)(b), NAB(3)(a) or NAB(3)(b).

Sally Keeble

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

CLASSES OF MOTOR VEHICLES

1 Interpretation

PART I

Interpretation

In this Schedule—

“cm3” means cubic centimetres;

“kg” means kilograms;

“km/h” means kilometres per hour;

“kW” means kilowatts;

“maximum mass” means the technically permissible maximum laden mass as specified by the manufacturer;

“maximum speed” means the speed which the vehicle is incapable, by reason of its construction, of exceeding on the level under its own power when fully laden;

“trailer” means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle;

“semi-trailer” means a trailer which is constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle including (without prejudice to the generality of that) a vehicle which is not itself a motor vehicle but which has some or all of its wheels driven by the drawing vehicle; and

“unladen mass” excludes, in the case of motor vehicles propelled wholly or partly by electricity, the mass of its batteries.

2 Two or three-wheel motor vehicles and quadricycles

PART II

Two or three-wheel motor vehicles and quadricycles

Mopeds

Class A(a)

A two or three-wheel motor vehicle with or without a side-car which is fitted with an internal combustion engine having a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm3 and a maximum speed of not more than 45 km/h.

Class A(b)

A motor vehicle as defined in Class A(a) which is drawing a trailer.

Motorcycles

Class B(a)

A two-wheel motor vehicle (other than a moped) with or without a sidecar which—

(a) is fitted with an internal combustion engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3 ; or

(b) has a maximum speed of more than 45 km/h.

Class B(b)

A motor vehicle as defined in Class B(a) which is drawing a trailer.

Motor tricycles

Class C(a)

A three wheel motor vehicle (other than a moped) with three symmetrically arranged wheels which—

(a) is fitted with an internal combustion engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cm3; or

(b) a maximum speed of more than 45 km/h.

Class C(b)

A motor vehicle as defined in Class C(a) which is drawing a trailer.

Light quadricycles

Class D(a)

A four-wheel motor vehicle having—

(a) an unladen mass of less than 350 kg;

(b) a maximum speed of not more than 45 km/h; and

(c) in the case of a vehicle with a spark ignition engine, an engine with a cylinder capacity not exceeding, 50 cm3 and, in the case of vehicles with other types of engine, an engine with a maximum net power not exceeding 4 kW.

Class D(b)

A motor vehicle as defined in Class D(a) which is drawing a trailer.

Quadricycles

Class E(a)

A four wheel motor vehicle (other than a light quadricycle) which has—

(a) an unladen mass of, in the case of vehicles intended for carrying goods, not more than 550 kg and, in other cases, not more than 400kg; and

(b) an engine with a maximum net engine power not exceeding 15kW.

Class E(b)

A motor vehicle as defined in Class E(a) which is drawing a trailer.

3 PART III

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