The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals Regulations 2007

Made: 10th December 2007

Coming into force: 31st March 2008

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — REPRESENTATIONS AND APPEALS IN RELATION TO NOTICES TO OWNER

Scope of Part 2 and duty to notify rights to make representations and to appeal

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Representations against notice to owner

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Duty of enforcement authority to which representations are made

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Rejection of representations against notice to owner

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Appeals to an adjudicator in relation to decisions under regulation 5

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PART 3 — REPRESENTATIONS AND APPEALS IN RELATION TO THE IMMOBILISATION OF VEHICLES

Right to make representations

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Duty of enforcement authority to which representations are made

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Appeals to an adjudicator in relation to decisions under regulation 9

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PART 4 — REPRESENTATIONS AND APPEALS IN RELATION TO REMOVED VEHICLES

Right to make representations about a removed vehicle

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Duty of enforcement authority to which representations are made

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Appeals to an adjudicator in relation to decisions under regulation 12

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PART 5 — OFFENCES AND PROCEDURE

False representations

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Procedure to be followed by adjudicators, service of documents and recovery of sums payable

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SCHEDULE — PROCEDURE IN ADJUDICATION PROCEEDINGS

PART 1 — INTERPRETATION

Interpretation of Schedule

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PART 2 — PROCEDURE RELATING TO APPEALS

Initiating an appeal

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Action upon receipt of notice of appeal and copy of such notice

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Further representations

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Adjudicator’s power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents

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Disposal of an appeal without a hearing

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Notice of time and place of hearing

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Admission to a hearing

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Appearances at a hearing

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Procedure at a hearing

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Decisions on appeals

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Review of adjudicator’s decision

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Costs

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Consolidation of proceedings

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Miscellaneous powers of adjudicators

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Clerical errors

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PART 3 — SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS AND NOTICES

Service of documents on the parties

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Delivery of notices or documents to the proper officer

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PART 4 — DIRECTIONS AS TO INVALID NOTICES

Scope of Part 4

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Procedure

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PART 5 — THE REGISTER

The register

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Ministry of Justice — 10th December 2007

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 27; section 99 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 32, and Schedule 8 and by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), section 15 and Schedule 5, Part 1; sections 101A and 101B were inserted by the Traffic Management Act 2004, Schedule 11, paragraph 3(2); and section 134(5) was amended by the Lord Chancellor (Modification of Functions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1756) article 2.

[^f00002]: 2004 c. 18.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2007/3483.

[^f00004]: See Schedule 9, paragraph 34(1) as to the orders to which Part VI of that Schedule applies; paragraph 34 of Schedule 9 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 17 and by the Road Traffic Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994 (c. 11), Schedule, paragraph 5.

[^f00005]: 1988 c. 53.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1986/183; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/3484.

[^f00007]: 1994 c. 22.

[^f00008]: 1971 c. 80.

[^f00009]: 1978 c. 30.

Editorial notes