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Parked in Loading Bay in Belfast

Cptralls
Cptralls Posts: 229 Forumite
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Hi,
I received a Penalty Charge Notice for being parked in a loading bay in Belfast City Centre last weekend at 9pm. Is this normal? All shops in the area were closed. 

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  • montyrebel
    montyrebel Posts: 646 Forumite
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    never heard of night shift workers? or lorry drivers delivery at night?
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  • dmxdave
    dmxdave Posts: 1,605 Forumite
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    Cptralls said:
    Hi,
    I received a Penalty Charge Notice for being parked in a loading bay in Belfast City Centre last weekend at 9pm. Is this normal? All shops in the area were closed. 
    What times were on the Loading Bay sign?
    Dave
  • Cptralls
    Cptralls Posts: 229 Forumite
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    Looked to be 7pm, it was around Queen Street.
  • dmxdave
    dmxdave Posts: 1,605 Forumite
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    Get a picture if you can and appeal it.
    Dave
  • Cptralls
    Cptralls Posts: 229 Forumite
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    Photo doesn't appear on their site, an error message appears but the fine is there. 
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 41,316 Forumite
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    Who issued the penalty?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • Fruitcake
    Fruitcake Posts: 58,217 Forumite
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    As above, was this an official penalty from an authority, or an invoice from a private parking scammer?
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  • Cptralls
    Cptralls Posts: 229 Forumite
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    The dockets said department of Infrastructure. 
  • Fruitcake
    Fruitcake Posts: 58,217 Forumite
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    That sounds like an "official" entity. We specialise in unfair private parking charges here on MSE so you would need to look elsewhere for help.
    Normally we send people with council/police tickets to pepipoo.com, so it is worth asking there, but I have no idea if they have experience dealing with NI problems.
    You will need to register on pepipoo with a non-Hotmail email address before reading the FAQs, then posting your query there.
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    I don't have a sister. :D
    All my screwdrivers are cordless.
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