Consultation

Within Government

Proposals have been developed with the support of colleagues in Transport Scotland, and across the Scottish Government, including the following:

Transport Scotland, Roads Directorate, Environment & Sustainability
Transport Scotland, Roads Directorate, Network Maintenance
Forestry and Land Scotland

An invitation to comment on the proposals to amend and update TSRGD was issued to the Transport Scotland Chief Executive and Transport Scotland Director of Roads, and no comments were received.

To comply with the requirements of section 134(7) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as inserted into the 1984 Act by the Scotland Act 2016, Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 12(5), the UK Government Department for Transport (DfT) has been consulted.

Stakeholder Consultation

An invitation to comment on the proposals to amend and update TSRGD was distributed in September 2021. Comments were invited by e-mail return. An indicative six-week period for feedback was stated, though the mailbox for comments has remained open and monitored in the period beyond this date.

The invitation was sent to a total of 64 parties outside of Scottish Government, summarised below. The bracketed numbers indicate the number of parties contacted under each category:

Local authorities (32)
Emergency Services (3)
UK Department for Transport (1) (as noted above)
Regional Transport Partnerships (6)
Legal authorities (2)
National Parks, environmental and visitor organisations (5)
Haulage associations (2)
Motoring organisations (2)
Public transport operators (6)
Trunk Road operating companies (5)

Of these, 14 parties responded to the invitation, and a total of 119 comments were received. These comments have all been considered to determine whether they might affect the proposals.

Following the collation of feedback, further meetings with key stakeholders were held to discuss some of the comments received. These meetings, which included Department for Transport and Police Scotland, have supported the development of the proposals. The feedback received, and the subsequent discussions, resulted in some changes to the proposals ultimately taken forward into the Regulations.

Additionally, proposals and feedback were discussed at Transport Scotland’s Traffic Signs Working Group, a regular forum including traffic signs practitioners from Scottish and local government, road operators and industry bodies.

Business Consultation

No formal consultation with businesses was undertaken beyond the scope of the stakeholder consultation set out above.

Consultation relating to LEZ policy and regulations has been undertaken separately and is not within the scope of this impact assessment for the 2022 Regulations and General Directions.

Public Consultation

No formal public consultation was undertaken.

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