Your vehicle was exempt or zero-emission in the Oxford Zero Emission Zone
Fully zero-emission vehicles pay nothing, and several vehicle types are 100 percent exempt from the Oxford ZEZ charge — for example emergency vehicles, vehicles for disabled people in certain tax classes, historic vehicles, military and agricultural vehicles, and certain specialist vehicles. If your vehicle qualified, no charge was due.
Legal basis
SI 2013/1783 reg 8(3)(e) — that no charge was payable under the scheme. The Oxford ZEZ charging scheme (Transport Act 2000) sets the zero-emission rate and the schedule of exempt vehicles; the Traffic Penalty Tribunal hears the appeal.
How to identify this in your case
An Oxford ZEZ penalty issued to a zero-emission vehicle or a vehicle within an exempt class.
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Scan my ticketSources
- Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783) reg 8
- Oxford Zero Emission Zone — discounts and exemptions (Oxfordshire County Council)
- Traffic Penalty Tribunal — Oxford ZEZ grounds of appeal
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- Beavis [2015] UKSC 67 — distinguish on the facts