Oxford Zero Emission Zone charge was already paid

If you paid the Oxford ZEZ daily charge for the day you drove in the zone (in advance, on the day, or by the end of the sixth day after), no penalty is due. Payments are sometimes not matched to the right registration or date. Check your bank or online payment record and quote the payment reference.

Legal basis

Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783), reg 8(3)(d) — that the road user charge or penalty charge has been paid. Oxford ZEZ is a charging scheme under the Transport Act 2000; adjudication by the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.

How to identify this in your case

A penalty for the Oxford ZEZ where the daily charge was in fact paid but not matched to the vehicle or date.

Sample appeal wording

formal

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

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Sources

Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783) reg 8
Oxford Zero Emission Zone — fines (Oxfordshire County Council)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal — Oxford ZEZ grounds of appeal