PART 3 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF A TOLL OR USER CHARGE

13 Reductions and exemptions
1 Subject to paragraph (3), if an operator is authorised under an enactment to make a reduction in a toll or user charge to be levied in respect of an HGV, or to make an exemption from the obligation to pay a toll or user charge in respect of an HGV, the operator may only make a reduction or grant an exemption if the HGV is within paragraph (2).
Words in reg. 13(1) substituted (7.10.2014) by The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2437), regs. 1, 2(15)(a)
2 An HGV is within this paragraph if it—
(a) is exempt from the requirement to install and use recording equipment under Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20th December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport ,
O.J. L 370, 31.12.1985, p. 8; as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 432/2004 (O.J. L 71, 10.3.2004, p. 3)
(b) is used for national or civil defence purposes, by fire or other emergency services or the police, or is used for road maintenance, or
(c) travels only occasionally on public roads in the Member State where it is registered and is used by persons whose main occupation is not the carriage of goods.
3 In respect of an HGV within paragraph (2)(c), a reduction may only be made or an exemption granted where—
(a) the transport operations carried out by the HGV do not cause distortions of competition.
Word in reg. 13(3)(a) substituted for full stop (31.12.2020) by The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1352), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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Reg. 13(3)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1352), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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Reg. 13(4) omitted (7.10.2014) by virtue of The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2437), regs. 1, 2(15)(b)