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Dunree
Dunree Posts: 401 Forumite
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in Parking tickets, fines & parking
If you get a ''fine'' from a private parking company, ignore it, end of.

Correct??
Life is now good :)
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  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    edited 23 June 2012 at 1:52PM
    Correct..

    PS. Usually. :)
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
  • Dunree
    Dunree Posts: 401 Forumite
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    And that applies to all non law enforcement ''fines''?

    Ie, railway station car parks, supermarket car parks, council run car parks etc :)
    Life is now good :)
  • Jeff_Bridges_hair
    Jeff_Bridges_hair Posts: 6,330 Forumite
    Dunree wrote: »
    And that applies to all non law enforcement ''fines''?

    Ie, railway station car parks, supermarket car parks, council run car parks etc :)


    No. In some cases on the railway you can be prosecuted under the relevant railway bye-laws and council run car parks and other places are different too. This only really applies to Private parking companies in places like supermarkets and the like.
    "If you no longer go for a gap, you are no longer a racing driver" - Ayrton Senna
  • esmerobbo
    esmerobbo Posts: 4,979 Forumite
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    Quite simple really if they ask for the payment to be sent to anyone that is not the police, local authority or a revenue protection unit (as for byelaw 14 railway tickets, legit ones are very rare) you can ignore them.

    There are some private parking companies who act for councils, but any payment will go to the council.
  • andrew-the-cat
    andrew-the-cat Posts: 333 Forumite
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    Private companies can't issue fines.
  • notts_phil
    notts_phil Posts: 1,087 Forumite
    Why do you ask?
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  • bondy_lad
    bondy_lad Posts: 1,001 Forumite
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    notts_phil wrote: »
    Why do you ask?

    why do you ask??? as above post i am also interested in the nature of your enquiry.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,519 Forumite
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    edited 23 June 2012 at 1:36PM
    Dunree wrote: »
    If you get a ''fine'' from a private parking company, ignore it, end of.

    Correct??


    Yes. A private company cannot fine anyone.

    Except if the PPC is acting for the Council in which case it would be a real Penalty Charge Notice with a Council logo so would be different.

    Except if your car is a company car, or lease/hired. Then you need to have a look at the thread by MacBudman which has all the links needed to set the lease/hire company straight about the scam.

    And except if you are one of the tiny % who actually gets real sealed Court papers for a Small Claim. You would obviously defend that with whatever info you had about signage, authorisation to be there, the amount being a penalty, etc. and quoting the relevant findings from HMRC -v- VCS from May 2012.
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Except if you are VCS and are told by the Upper Tax Tribunal that you can't even send invoices to drivers if you don't own the land the car park is on.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Dunree
    Dunree Posts: 401 Forumite
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    bondy_lad wrote: »
    why do you ask??? as above post i am also interested in the nature of your enquiry.

    The reason I'm asking is to simplify a lot of threads in this section.

    I'm usually fairly astute as to where I park, living in London. Down here you take it as the norm that you have to watch where you park.

    The amount of threads that are people genuinely worried about these PPC's, I just thought I'd it would be easier if they could refer to one thread rather than trawling through hundreds, as I have been doing :)
    Life is now good :)
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