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What to do if you receive a ticket
The Road Traffic Act 1991 enables local authorities to take
over most parking enforcement from the police. This includes
yellow line enforcement. These parking tickets are known as
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs). They are processed by the local
authority. However, enforcement does not take place in the
Magistrates Court as PCNs are enforced through the civil justice
system, rather than the criminal justice system. Thus, councils
enforcing parking restrictions under the Road Traffic Act
1991 are said to be operating “decriminalised parking
enforcement”.
You need to understand fully:
- Why you have been issued with a PCN
- How to respond correctly
- Whether you have valid grounds to make representations
to the council
- How to make an appeal to the independent Parking Adjudicator
if your initial representations to the council are rejected.
Other types of parking ticket
Apart from Penalty Charge Notices
issued under the Road Traffic Act 1991, there are a number
of different types of parking ticket. These can be divided
into two main categories:
- Parking tickets issued by a police
officer or traffic warden.
These are known as Fixed Penalty Notices and are processed
by the local Central Ticket Office. Enforcement takes
place in the local Magistrates Court.
ParkWise DOES NOT accept Fixed Penalty
Charges or any other parking ticket issued by the police.
- Parking tickets issued by local
authorities.
Some local authorities issue parking tickets in their
car parks and in metered or pay and display bays on the
street. These are commonly known as “Excess Charge
Notices” or “Standard Charge Notices”.
They are processed by the local authority and enforcement
takes place in the local Magistrates Court.
ParkWise DOES NOT accept Excess
Charge Notices or Standard Charge Notices.
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