LEZ — Drive within an unexpired residents' grace period

Legal basis

Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 s.15, s.16; SSI 2021/177 reg 8(4)(a); council LEZ Scheme Orders under s.9

How to identify this in your case

V5C registered keeper address on detection date is inside the published residential grace area; detection date is before resident grace expiry.

Sample appeal wording

Dear [COUNCIL] LEZ Team, Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] Representation under reg 8(1); ground reg 8(4)(a). Under s.15(1) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, s.6(1) is not contravened where a vehicle is driven within an LEZ before the expiry of the applicable grace period. On [DETECTION_DATE]: 1. My V5C registered keeper address was [ADDRESS], within the residential grace area for the [GLASGOW/EDINBURGH/ABERDEEN/DUNDEE] LEZ as published in the LEZ Scheme Order made under s.9. 2. The applicable resident grace period expired on [GRACE_EXPIRY_DATE], after the detection date. 3. No contravention of s.6(1) occurred. Evidence: V5C; council's published LEZ residential map / grace schedule. Please cancel the PCN under reg 9(2). Yours faithfully, [NAME]

Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.

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Sources

• Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 s.15
• council LEZ Scheme Orders

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