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Is there a place for private parking enforcement?
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Maybe not directly, but they have their own laws which enforce compliance through the issuing of fines or imprisonment. The Utilities Act 2000 Chapter 27 Schedule 4 a quick google search reveals.
I am not expecting the parking people to set up their own courts and police force, just have laws that entitle them to instigate a fining process.
You are wrong, only courts can issue fines, councils or other statutory bodies can issue penalties only.Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?0 -
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As you say, unless you don't pay it. At which point it may well escalate to a fine.
It becomes a fine if a magistrates court says its one regardless of if its ignored, there is a distinction here so I reiterate to you, only a COURT can issue fines, nobody else!Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?0 -
I think its in the communications act, so specific, not generic criminal damage.
Listen because of regardless what it says a private company CANNOT issue fines, not even a council can. So please go and do some research on what a fine is, who can issue them, and what a penalty is and who can issue them.Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?0 -
Driver8 who set the challenge used the word "penalty" when suggesting no private companies can issue punitive penalties.
The use of the word "fine" was my interpretation. In general parlance, the words are interchangeable, but I will be specific from now on.
My previous examples are of punitive penalties. All of which, presumably, can escalate to a fine if ignored.0 -
No only the penalties that lead to a magistrates court can lead to fines, so councils and their penalty charge notices will not go there, they go to TEC and then onto bailiffs if the charges are not paid for whatever reason.Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?0 -
My previous examples did not mention the council0
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My previous examples did not mention the council
Yes but the obvious place to get penalty charges are from councils, so if you are posting up comments like this, these threads are indexed by google and others, so you got make sure that when people stop commenting on it, that we make sure that we give accurate information as it stands right now.Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?0 -
I think its in the communications act, so specific, not generic criminal damage.
Utter tripe, and I've worked in Telecoms for 30 years now. There is indeed a Telecommunications Act but nowhere does it give BT the power to fine anyone nor issue a penalty.
Is this what they teach you at Solihull College these days? I'd ask for my money back if I were you.Je Suis Cecil.0 -
All I am trying to say is that I believe there is a place for licensed operators to issue punitive penalties, backed by law, to people who park inconsiderately on private land.
If it wasn't for the pedants, I think I said this on page one.0
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