Key information
Request reference number: MGLA140823-4204
Date of response:
Summary of request
Your request
Please provide details of the LEGAL and/or LAWFUL Authority on which you wish to rely for any claim for the payment of any fees and/or invoices (in the form of Penalty Charge Notices) or fines issued by the UK Courts Service in relation to the London Congestion Charge administered by your office.
Please additionally provide the details of any lawful obligation a citizen, corporation or man/woman is under to pay the charges/fees or invoices/PCNs or 'fines' in relation to the London Congestion Charge.
Please provide details of the LEGAL and/or LAWFUL Authority on which you wish to rely for any claim for the payment of any fees and/orc invoices (in the form of Penalty Charge Notices) or fines issued by the UK Courts Service in relation to the ULEZ 'charge' administered by your office.
Please additionally provide the details of any lawful obligation a citizen, corporation or man/woman is under to pay the charges/fees or invoices/PCNs or 'fines' in relation to the ULEZ charge.
Our response
The legal basis for the imposition of the congestion charge is the Scheme Order itself as amended made pursuant to the powers contained in section 295 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 supplemented by the provisions contained in schedule 23 to that Act. The consolidated version of the Scheme Order is available to download here: Congestion Charge - Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk)
Note the rider below on the consolidation:
- This consolidated version of the Greater London (Central Zone) Congestion Charging Order 2004 is provided for information and reference purposes only. The Congestion Charging Scheme is contained in the Greater London (Central Zone) Congestion Charging Order 2004 and variation orders as made by TfL and confirmed by the Mayor of London and prevail in the event of this consolidated version being inaccurate, inconsistent with a variation order or otherwise erroneous.
As with the congestion charging scheme, the emission zone scheme Order made pursuant to the powers referred to above provide the legal basis for charges to be imposed. The emissions zone charging scheme can be found in consolidated form here: Ultra Low Emission Zone - Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk)