SMART & DRP Scotland

Coupon-mad

As above - we know what we are saying!

pogofish

Sambaben said:

nosferatu1001 said:

Why do you need assistance?
The newbies thread is completely up to date
The bill introducing keeper liabiltiy in scotland isnt in force and cannot be retroactive

Sorry Nosferatu, but are you 100% sure this comment is correct?
A friend of mine tells me the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 changed the law in Scotland as of November 2019 and the creditor now has the right to recover any unpaid parking charges from the keeper of the vehicle.

The provisions of that act for parking are not in force yet - and we don’t even have the details on how it will work or a date for when it might happen.

So your friend is quite wrong and the Newbies sticky is still fully up to date - you can also see the date of last update on every post!

beamerguy

YES all is correct above.

Smart being Aussie scammers fail in England

In Scotland, Pete Wishart MP is your man.  he thinks Smart are involved in criminal activities
https://members.parliament.uk/member/1440/contact

Email him

OH and DRP ..... complete idiots who would probably send stupid letters to the moon ... if they had an address
IDIOTS TO IGNORE

nosferatu1001

Op - your friend is right in concept, wrong in detail.  The bill has dependencies which have not been fulfilled and may never be. 

Coupon-mad

I sincerely hope Scotland decide not to enact that section.  Much depends on how robust the MHCLG framework is and the parking charge levels, etc. 

If the MHCLG fall short then Scotland could very easily (I hope) decide to distance themselves from more anti-consumer disaster and NEVER invoke keeper liability because they don't want the few hundred parking claims they see now to explode into the tsunami of over 100,000 parking claims they we now get in E &W per annum (most inflated with false add-ons, and most PAID by victims).

The Dept for Transport in 2012 and the Supreme Court have a lot to answer for - they caused all this. 

The Supreme Court could have stopped it in 2015 but they failed the public.  Scotland can still put the brakes on.

Hasbeen

Coupon-mad said:

I sincerely hope Scotland decide not to enact that section.  Much depends on how robust the MHCLG framework is and the parking charge levels, etc. 

If the MHCLG fall short then Scotland could very easily (I hope) decide to distance themselves from more anti-consumer disaster and NEVER invoke keeper liability because they don't want the few hundred parking claims they see now to explode into the tsunami of over 100,000 parking claims they we now get in E &W per annum (most inflated with false add-ons, and most PAID by victims).

The Dept for Transport in 2012 and the Supreme Court have a lot to answer for - they caused all this. 

The Supreme Court could have stopped it in 2015 but they failed the public.  Scotland can still put the brakes on.

Sadly perhaps not, the snp are basically in power at the moment due to support from the green party who a fervent anti motorist.

And the snp likes to bring out new legislation. They want the scottish motorist to enjoy the same protection as exists in england. 

Coupon-mad

I see. 

But never give up, there is still scope to make certain things known to Ministers in Scotland, if the MHCLG framework and PAS232 is not robust enough.   Much depends on what protections are offered and the level of parking charge - but most of all, removing the abusive added costs that cause the parasite firms to drive the PPCs to court.  Reduce the money sloshing around and you take the rug out from those who steer the race to court.

I can't see Scottiish Government wanting their few dozen (few hundred?) parking claims each year exploding into the 110.000 per annum, roboclaim legal firm led bullying litigation that the people of E&W have suffered in the years since the broken and anti-consumer Schedule 4 was enacted. 

If only someone would tell them.