Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Parking Prohibitions (Enforcement and Accounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 11 December 2023.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019,

• “authorised enforcement officer” and “registered keeper” have the meanings given in section 58(6) of the 2019 Act,

• “contravention” means, as the case may be, a contravention of—

  1. (a)

     the pavement parking prohibition (see section 50(1) of the Act),

  2. (b)

     the double parking prohibition (see section 54(1) of the Act),

  3. (c)

     the dropped footway parking prohibition (see section 56(1) of the Act),

• “enforcement notice” means a notice served under regulation 5 or 6,

• “First-tier Tribunal” and “Upper Tribunal” mean (respectively) the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (see section 1 (establishment of the tribunals) of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014^f1),

• “increased charge” means the penalty charge payable in respect of an enforcement notice in accordance with a charge certificate served in relation to that notice under regulation 9(2),

• “notice of rejection” means the notice served on a person by a local authority under regulation 11(3),

• “payment period”, in relation to an enforcement notice, means the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice,

• “relevant vehicle” means the motor vehicle in respect of which the contravention occurred.