Question reference: S6W-06095
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 4 February 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 3 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, whether the keeper liability provisions, whereby the registered keeper of a vehicle is liable for the payment of a parking charge notice, resulting from parking on private land out with the conditions displayed, if the car's driver at the time cannot be identified, have come into force, and if this is not the case, by when it anticipates they will be commenced.
Answer
Transport Scotland, as part of the implementation of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, has been working on the liability provisions contained within Part 8 of the Act which will bring into force Keeper Liability across Scotland.
I can advise that Part 8 (Recovery of unpaid parking charges) of the 2019 Act has not yet been implemented and there is still a significant amount of challenging and complex work to be undertaken before this part can become law.
Work on the secondary legislation programme is progressing and Parliament will be updated in due course.