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EIR - Legal basis for the ULEZ expansion [Jul 2023]

Key information

Request reference number: MGLA310723-3072

Date of response:

Summary of request

Your request

Provide the paperwork that gives to authority to make me pay to drive my car 
inside London when I have revoked every form of consent, including consensual, presumed, assumed, social, etc.

Our response

This information is publicly available.

The legal basis of the Mayor’s decision to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide is set out in the 'Legal Comments' section of the Mayoral Decision document.

As noted in this document, under Section 295 and Schedule 23 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, road user charging schemes can be made by Transport for London in Greater London (all or part) as the charging authority for the scheme in question.

The full text of the Act is available online.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact us, quoting 
reference MGLA310723-3072.

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