- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,896
Okay so..
I have a residents permit for the area of Brighton I live. It's in date and all that.
It was sellotaped to my screen as the original thingy tore when I went to put it on.
I hardly ever use my car and early this morning came out to a ticket from a couple of days back. Basically the permit has fallen off and on the floor.
The quote is 'failure to display'.
Anyone have experience of this ? Seems rather harsh to go charging folk for an unfortunate circumstance when they are legally parked.
My defence would be Paragraph 85 from the Secretary of State’s Statutory Guidance to Local Authorities:
An authority has a discretionary power to cancel a PCN at any point throughout the CPE process. It can do this even when an undoubted contravention has occurred if the authority deems it to be appropriate in the circumstances of the case. Under general principles of public law, authorities have a duty to act fairly and proportionately and are encouraged to exercise discretion sensibly and reasonably and with due regard to the public interest
Thoughts, oh wise ones ?
I have a residents permit for the area of Brighton I live. It's in date and all that.
It was sellotaped to my screen as the original thingy tore when I went to put it on.
I hardly ever use my car and early this morning came out to a ticket from a couple of days back. Basically the permit has fallen off and on the floor.
The quote is 'failure to display'.
Anyone have experience of this ? Seems rather harsh to go charging folk for an unfortunate circumstance when they are legally parked.
My defence would be Paragraph 85 from the Secretary of State’s Statutory Guidance to Local Authorities:
An authority has a discretionary power to cancel a PCN at any point throughout the CPE process. It can do this even when an undoubted contravention has occurred if the authority deems it to be appropriate in the circumstances of the case. Under general principles of public law, authorities have a duty to act fairly and proportionately and are encouraged to exercise discretion sensibly and reasonably and with due regard to the public interest
Thoughts, oh wise ones ?