Anyone disagreed with a £ 120 fine for driving through the Clean Air Zone in Birmingham after it launched in June can appeal.
Drivers who have been issued a Fixed Charge (FPN) for failing to pay the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) fee must first go through the Birmingham City Council appeal process.
But anyone who is unhappy can appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT) – a body charged with ruling on disputes in traffic fines.
It has been announced earlier that you will not receive an invoice, letter or text to pay, but you will likely know that you drove through the zone from one of the 300 signs in town.
Details of the city council’s own appeal process will be posted on the Brum Breathes website next month.
The TPT will publish an appeal process page for Birmingham, as it did for Bath – where a CAZ went online yesterday (March 15th).
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Anyone who drives a non-compliant car – the emissions of which do not meet the standards – are initially not burdened.
Birmingham City Council said it was the driver’s duty to find out if they were compliant and if they didn’t have to go to the government website and make a payment after entering the CAZ.
There is a 13-day window of time to pay – including six days before the visit, the day of the visit, and six days after.
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An FPN of £ 120 will then be issued which will be reduced to £ 60 if paid within 14 days.
TPT chief judge Caroline Sheppard OBE said: “Many motorists will never have seen the new signs or know whether the system applies to their vehicle.
“The obligation to pay fees to a central payment service of GOV.UK, not to the authority, is also very unknown.
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“It is so important that the local authorities approaching enforcement take into account that motorists – both those who live locally and those who are visiting – may not be aware of the CAZ, their vehicle’s emissions, or the way they are done how they should pay are informed. “
Mohammed Sajjad, 35, a civil servant, has brought up the case of his father’s car, which meets emissions standards but continues to be charged for entry into the CAZ, according to the government’s online vehicle inspector.
He said if his father were issued an FPN, he would “pursue it to the TPT” because he believes the system is wrongly discounting compliant cars manufactured before 2006.