Thousands of parking tickets may be unlawful
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
(Filed: 15/03/2006)
Telegraph news
Hundreds of thousands of parking tickets may have been issued unlawfully across England because councils have not followed the proper rules.
Lawyers have advised that penalty charge notices (PCNs) that do not carry the date of issue may be invalid.
One local authority, Sunderland, has agreed to waive about 40 outstanding unpaid tickets on which the date was not displayed. The city has changed the wording on its PCNs after legal advice was received last November that it might have been in breach of the 1991 Road Traffic Act.
Neil Herron, a local campaigner, said 75,000 tickets had been issued without the proper wording.
In a recent case in Barnet, north London, the independent parking adjudicator ruled that two £80 tickets were not issued in accordance with the Act for the same reason.
However, the adjudicator only hears appeals on a case-by-case basis and its decisions do not set a precedent.
(Filed: 15/03/2006)
Telegraph news
Hundreds of thousands of parking tickets may have been issued unlawfully across England because councils have not followed the proper rules.
Lawyers have advised that penalty charge notices (PCNs) that do not carry the date of issue may be invalid.
One local authority, Sunderland, has agreed to waive about 40 outstanding unpaid tickets on which the date was not displayed. The city has changed the wording on its PCNs after legal advice was received last November that it might have been in breach of the 1991 Road Traffic Act.
Neil Herron, a local campaigner, said 75,000 tickets had been issued without the proper wording.
In a recent case in Barnet, north London, the independent parking adjudicator ruled that two £80 tickets were not issued in accordance with the Act for the same reason.
However, the adjudicator only hears appeals on a case-by-case basis and its decisions do not set a precedent.
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