Written Question · S6W-09703 · Session 6
Whether it will provide an update on when Transport Scotland expects to have in place the necessary regulations under the Transport (Scotla…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when Transport Scotland expects to have in place the necessary regulations under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 that will allow local authorities to ban pavement parking, and whether there is now a confirmed date for when local authorities will be able to enforce the ban.
The answer
Transport Scotland are continuing to consult with local authorities and others to develop both the secondary legislation required to allow them to enforce the National pavement parking prohibition and the Parking Standards Guidance, which will underpin the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.
Additionally we have been consulting with the public on some areas contained within secondary legislation where local authorities will need to undertake an assessment to consider whether they wish to exempt, subject to certain criteria, any areas of pavement from the prohibition. The analysis report of the responses to this consultation, which closed on 11 March, is available to view at https://consult.gov.scot/transport-scotland/scotlands-pavement-parking-prohibitions/ . ?
As such, the majority of the secondary legislation is likely to be in place by late 2022, including those giving local authorities the powers to exempt sections of pavement. We have always stated that we will give local authorities 12 months to assess their streets and get the required signs and lines in place following the completion of those exemption regulations.
Some other aspects of the implementation process, such as the powers to issue Penalty Charge Notices and a drivers right to appeal such a notice, will not be in place until early in December 2023.
Additionally we have been consulting with the public on some areas contained within secondary legislation where local authorities will need to undertake an assessment to consider whether they wish to exempt, subject to certain criteria, any areas of pavement from the prohibition. The analysis report of the responses to this consultation, which closed on 11 March, is available to view at https://consult.gov.scot/transport-scotland/scotlands-pavement-parking-prohibitions/ . ?
As such, the majority of the secondary legislation is likely to be in place by late 2022, including those giving local authorities the powers to exempt sections of pavement. We have always stated that we will give local authorities 12 months to assess their streets and get the required signs and lines in place following the completion of those exemption regulations.
Some other aspects of the implementation process, such as the powers to issue Penalty Charge Notices and a drivers right to appeal such a notice, will not be in place until early in December 2023.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-09703 by reference.