UWE car park clamping?

faran897

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has actually been clamped at uwe uni because I received a ticket last week,which basically said if I didnt pay the fine within 7 days, my car would get clamped if found on any of the uwe car parks. Im not planning on paying the £20 fine but should I risk parking in the car park again?

Any help would be much appreciated

Steve059

UWE = University of the West of England?

nigelbb

If they do clamp you they will be committing an offence under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 which outlawed clamping of cars on private land except by those organisations with legal powers to clamp or remove vehicles e.g. Police, Government agencies and local authorities. I doubt that any university has been given the legal right to clamp vehicles. At a guess they are still using up old parking tickets printed before the Act came into force.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9155/guidance-unpaid-parking-charges.pdf

trisontana

And it's not a "fine".

faran897

thanks for the replies.

yep that would UWE Bristol. I understand that it is illegal for them to clamp me but I dont think it would stop the fraudsters from doing so! can they not clamp me for trespassing?

As if our 9 grand fees weren't enough they have us paying for parking too -_-

trisontana

All clamping on private land is now illegal, whatever the reason.