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New freedom of bill act making PPC tickets legally backed?

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  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    edited 18 November 2011 at 10:07AM
    shabba19 wrote: »
    Yup im getting quite worried to, especially as the government have stolen our only defence mechanism!! i want to ignore the nasty little tickets but i dont want to get haunted by it again in the future! :(
    With respect, this is complete and utter nonsense. The Bill does no such thing. All the defences available today will, as it is currently set out, remain entirely available. Don't go falling for the PPC shilling.
    bargepole wrote: »
    The so-called "keeper liability" part of this Bill isn't going to come into force any time soon.

    The Govt. have said that they won't bring it in until and unless there's a properly independent appeals process in place, but they aren't going to provide any funding for that.

    The BPA are trying to get the Govt. to fund it, but that's falling on deaf ears, and it's unlikely the BPA will want to cough up the £millions it would take to have a national infrastructure for this - Simon Renshaw-Smith of Excel might have to downsize to a smaller yacht!
    Exactly. Don't let's get too panicky foor goodness sake, as the Bill hasn't even started its committee stage in the Lords and Clause 59 could yet be thrown out.

    Is it just me but are we seeing a number of new posters signing up simply to comment on this subject? My sense of smell is almost non-existent but I'm getting the faint whiff of something here.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • Sirdan
    Sirdan Posts: 1,323 Forumite
    HO87 wrote: »
    Exactly. Don't let's get too panicky foor goodness sake, as the Bill hasn't even started its committee stage in the Lords and Clause 59 could yet be thrown out.

    Is it just me but are we seeing a number of new posters signing up simply to comment on this subject? My sense of smell is almost non-existent but I'm getting the faint whiff of something here.

    I smell it too but what is that smell...self-doubt ? panic ? or just bull-poo ???:rotfl:
  • notts_phil
    notts_phil Posts: 1,087 Forumite
    shabba19 wrote: »
    Hi guys am i right in assuming the new bill will make the tickets 'real' so to speak? if so what happens to all the tickets recently issued, do these require payment now or in the future?

    Thanks in advance

    Has no one noticed this is a ppc troll?
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  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Sirdan wrote: »
    I smell it too but what is that smell...self-doubt ? panic ? or just bull-poo ???:rotfl:
    There's no point in asking me! I suspect there is an element of self-doubt but that is in quarters where people are failing to read the Bill and its summary for themselves and are simply listening to the naysayers. Anyone who has actually read Clause 59/Schedule 4 will have realised that it is little more than a bag of nails and until the PPC's stump up for an independent adjudicator-type mechanism - and prove that it works - nothing is going to happen. Even then the most useful benefit the Bill provides PPC's is for them to be able to say that the RK may be held responsible "as set out in the Act" regardless of how this actually plays out.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    They dont like this forum do they ?
    Well the feeling is mutual ...
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  • notts_phil wrote: »
    Has no one noticed this is a ppc troll?

    LOL so making a few checks to be on the safe side means im a ppc troll? you need to sort your paranoia out. i just saw a post discussing the freedom of bill clause and was wondering what are the implications for us lot!
  • shabba19 wrote: »
    LOL so making a few checks to be on the safe side means im a ppc troll? you need to sort your paranoia out. i just saw a post discussing the freedom of bill clause and was wondering what are the implications for us lot!

    You sign up as a newbie and your first question is about the Freedoms Bill??? Given that PPC's trolls that do exactly that most days on this forum and it is a common occurrence, I think people are quite within their rights to question your motives!

    I also think that in the post above... you might protest too much?
  • shabba19
    shabba19 Posts: 16 Forumite
    edited 18 November 2011 at 12:23PM
    You sign up as a newbie and your first question is about the Freedoms Bill??? Given that PPC's trolls that do exactly that most days on this forum and it is a common occurrence, I think people are quite within their rights to question your motives!

    I also think that in the post above... you might protest too much?

    Nooo check my post history, i recently got a ticket and was following the advice by both this forum and pepipoo plus i watched the watchdog video and felt completely at ease (especially when the solicitor made paper aeroplanes out of the tickets). But obviously the clause is trying to make the registered keeper assume liability straight away so that just got my alarm bells ringing
  • TrickyWicky
    TrickyWicky Posts: 4,025 Forumite
    Well if you intend to park legitimately then why are you scared?
  • Sirdan
    Sirdan Posts: 1,323 Forumite
    Well if you intend to park legitimately then why are you scared?

    Because (some) PPCs will invoice you anyway !!!!
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