Scottish LEZ — Emergency / Police / Military Exemption

Emergency service vehicles (police, ambulance, fire), military vehicles, and certain specialist vehicles are exempt under the LEZ Regulations.

Legal basis

LEZ (Scotland) Regulations 2021 reg 8

How to identify this in your case

Vehicle was an emergency service vehicle wrongly captured by ANPR; or driver was an on-call clinician responding to an emergency.

Sample appeal wording

To: [Council] LEZ Penalty Charges Re: LEZ PCN [PCN_NUMBER] The vehicle is/was being used as [emergency service / police / military / on-call clinician] at the time of contravention. Evidence: [employer letter / on-call rota / incident reference]. Under regulation 8 of the LEZ (Scotland) Regulations 2021, this vehicle/use is exempt. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [Driver/Keeper Name]

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

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Sources

LEZ (Scotland) Regulations 2021 reg 8