20 questions to the BPA

enfield_freddy

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Grace period! Is this the time you paid for plus 5 to 10 mins. or is it the time you were on site +5-10 mins?(allowing for searching time and finding the exit time?

dunno they can make it up as they go along ,


the only regulated (time) for grace periods was for council parking , brought in late last year or early this year


the BPAs stance on PPC is


Grace periods and reasonable
time
A breach may sometimes occur immediately when a vehicle is parked, for
example if it is in an unauthorised bay. Alternatively it may occur at some later
period, for example, when it is left in the parking place for longer than permitted.
The operator may issue a parking charge notice at that point. However, even in
these cases many operators, very properly, do allow a grace period before either
issuing the notice or deeming the breach to have occurred.
The new statutory provisions about grace periods that I referred to in my Overview
do not apply to parking on private land. At least they do not do so at present but
this may of course change in due course.
Just as there may appropriately be a grace period at the end of the parking
session there must also be a reasonable period before it is deemed to
commence.
It is worth remembering that Paragraph 13 of the BPA Code of Practice provides:
13.1 Your approach to parking management must allow a driver who enters
your car park but decides not to park, to leave the car park within a reasonable
period without having their vehicle issued with a parking charge notice.
13.2 You should allow the driver a reasonable ‘grace period’ in which to decide
if they are going to stay or go. If the driver is on your land without permission you
should still allow them a grace period to read your signs and leave before you
take enforcement action.
13.3 You should be prepared to tell us the specific grace period at a site if our
compliance team or our agents ask what it is.
13.4 You should allow the driver a reasonable period to leave the private car
park after the parking contract has ended, before you take enforcement
action.
It is therefore clear that this is not simply a question that arises when a vehicle is
parked a minute or two over the paid or permitted time.




http://www.popla.org.uk/AnnualReport.htm




and although clearly stating that the PPC has to tell the BPA , nowhere does it state that the info will be withheld from the customer

Grandad123

I think the first line.


A breach may sometimes occur immediately when a vehicle is parked, for
example if it is in an unauthorised bay.


Is contradicted by


You should allow the driver a reasonable ‘grace period’ in which to decide
if they are going to stay or go.


For example read the signs.