The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007

Made: 10th December 2007

Laid before Parliament: 14th 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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Service by post

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PART 2 — PENALTY CHARGES

Imposition of penalty charges

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Person by whom a penalty charge is to be paid

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Evidence of contravention

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Criminal proceedings for parking contraventions in civil enforcement areas

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Penalty charge notices

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Penalty charge notices — service by a civil enforcement officer

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Penalty charge notices — service by post

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Removal of or interference with a penalty charge notice

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PART 3 — IMMOBILISATION OF VEHICLES

Power to immobilise vehicles

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Limitations on the power to immobilise vehicles

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Release of immobilised vehicles

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PART 4 — ADJUDICATORS

Discharge of functions relating to adjudicators in Greater London

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Discharge of functions relating to adjudicators outside Greater London

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Appointment of adjudicators

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Expenses of the relevant authorities

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PART 5 — ENFORCEMENT OF PENALTY CHARGES

The notice to owner

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Time limit for service of a notice to owner

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Charge certificates

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Enforcement of charge certificate

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Invalid notices

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PART 6 — FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Setting the levels of charges applicable in Greater London

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Modification of section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

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Surpluses to be carried forward

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SCHEDULE — PENALTY CHARGES NOTICES

Contents of a penalty charge notice served under regulation 9 or 9A

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Contents of a regulation 10 penalty charge notice

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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

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Rosie Winterton — Minister of State — Department for Transport — 10th December 2007

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004 c. 18; section 79 was amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), Schedule 1, paragraph 48 and section 81 was amended by S.I. 2006/1016 . By virtue of section 92, the Secretary of State is the “appropriate national authority” as regards England, for the purposes of regulations made under Part 6.

[^f00002]: S.I 2007/3482.

[^f00003]: 1994 c. 22.

[^f00004]: 1971 c. 80.

[^f00005]: 1988 c. 53.

[^f00006]: Section 52 was amended by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), Schedule 13, paragraph 147, by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) Schedule 8, paragraph 314 and by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Schedule 1, Part 14.

[^f00007]: 1970 c. 44; in relation to England, section 21 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 30, by the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49) section 68, by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27), Schedule 13, by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 5, paragraph 1, by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), section 35(2)—(5), Schedule 8, by the Traffic Management Act 2004 section 94 (1)—(4) and by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13) Schedule 1, paragraph 41.

[^f00008]: 1984 c. 27; in relation to England section 117(1) was substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 section 35(6) and amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, Schedule 1, paragraph 44(1), (2) and by the Traffic Management Act 2004 section 94(5).

[^f00009]: Section 21A was inserted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, section 9.

[^f00010]: Subsection (1A) was inserted by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, Schedule 1, paragraph 44.

[^f00011]: 1972 c.70.

[^f00012]: Section 73 was amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 283.

[^f00013]: Section 73 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 has been applied with modifications to permitted and special parking areas outside London by individual orders designating such areas under Schedule 3 to that Act.

[^f00014]: 2005 c. 4.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1998/3132, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00016]: In relation to England, section 55 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 5, paragraph 4(22), Schedule 17, by the Local Government (Finance) Act 1988 (c.41), Schedule 12, paragraph 42, By New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), Schedule 8, paragraph 46, by the Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 7, paragraph 5, Schedule 8, by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 282, Schedule 34 and by the Traffic Management Act 2004, section 95.

[^f00017]: In relation to England, Schedule 3 was amended by S.I. 1996/500, 2003/859.

Editorial notes

Penalty charge notices for off-road contraventions – service by a civil enforcement officer

Penalty charge notices for contraventions on a road – service by a civil enforcement officer

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Penalty charge notices — service by post

Removal of or interference with a penalty charge notice