LEZ — 50% discount restored after rejection (reg 9(4)(f))

Reg 9(4)(f) SSI 2021/177 explicitly requires the council, when denying representations, to state that if the penalty is paid within 14 days from date of service of NoR the charge will be reduced by 50%. UNIQUE Scottish feature — no equivalent reset of early-payment discount in England. Many councils omit this statement AND fail to honour the 14-day discount window after denial. If you paid within 14 days of NoR but were charged the full amount, you are entitled to a 50% refund.

Legal basis

SSI 2021/177 reg 9(4)(f)

How to identify this in your case

You paid PCN within 14 days of NoR service but were charged the full £60 (or full surcharge level), not the 50% discounted amount.

Sample appeal wording

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Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
Paying may end it. Paying can count as accepting the notice and can close a challenge already under way. Part-paying or acknowledging an old debt can also revive a time limit that had expired.
The amount can change. Check what happens to the sum if you challenge — it may be held, re-offered lower, or keep rising, and fees or enforcement can continue meanwhile.
Use the official route. Use the method, recipient and form your notice specifies, with any reference, evidence and signature it asks for. Sent elsewhere, it may not count.
Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

Dear [COUNCIL], Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] The NoR was served on [NOR_DATE]. I paid £[AMOUNT_PAID] on [PAYMENT_DATE], within 14 days of NoR service. Under reg 9(4)(f) of SSI 2021/177 the penalty falls to be reduced by 50% in those circumstances. The correct sum due was £[CORRECT_AMOUNT]. Please refund £[OVERPAYMENT] within 14 days, failing which I will pursue recovery as an unjust enrichment claim under the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 Schedule 1(b) (condictio indebiti). Yours faithfully, [NAME]

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LEZ — 50% discount restored after rejection (reg 9(4)(f))

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How to identify this in your case

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