{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-low-emission-zones-emission-standards-exemptions-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2021/9780111048887",
  "legislation_title": "The Low Emission Zones (Emission Standards, Exemptions and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-low-emission-zones-emission-standards-exemptions-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interference with operation of low emission zone scheme",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, with intent to avoid payment of, or with intent to avoid being identified as having failed to pay, a penalty charge payable under section 6(2) of the 2019 Act, the person—\n(a) interferes with any approved device used for or in connection with a low emission zone scheme,\n(b) interferes with any traffic sign or direction used for or in connection with a low emission zone scheme,\n(c) causes or permits the registration plate of a motor vehicle to be obscured,\n(d) makes or uses any false document, or\n(e) makes a false representation in response to a penalty charge notice served in accordance with regulation 6.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2021/9780111048887/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:31:09.902074+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}