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This page
contains a summary of links to all the relevant legislation and
guidance, broken down by offence type and country. This minefield gives you a
flavour of how complicated the world of decriminalised traffic
enforcement is! Thank goodness for Ticketfighter aye
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Parking
and Loading
England
and Wales
Traffic Management Act 2004
The Secretary of State's Statutory Guidance to
Local Authorities on the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions
England
Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General
Regulations 2007
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals Regulations
2007
Wales
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations
2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) Removed Vehicles
(Wales) Regulations 2008
Scotland
Road Traffic Act 1991
Northern
Ireland
The Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
Signs
and Roadmarkings
Traffic Signs Regulations and General
Directions (TSRGD) 2002
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3 -
for signs
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 5 -
for roadmarkings
Bus Lanes
In London
London Local Authorities Act 1996
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2000 amendment
In
England Outside London
(including bus only streets)
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges,
Adjudication and Enforcement) (England)
Regulations 2005
Section 144 of the Transport Act 2000
In
Scotland
The
police up until recently have been the only ones allowed to enforce
under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Decriminalisation allows
councils to enforce
Section 44 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001
If
approved, enforcement will be under
these regulations
Yellow Box Junction and Moving Traffic Offences in London
(including bus only streets)
London Local Authorities and Transport for
London Act 2003
Outside
London
This
will be coming in due course (from the Traffic Management Act 2004)
and will harmonise legislation inside and outside London
Traffic
Orders
The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and
Wales's) Regulations, 1996
The Local Authorities Traffic Orders,
Exemptions for Disabled Persons (England) Regulations 2000
Clamping
by Local Authorities
England and Wales
Section 79 of the Traffic Management Act 2004
England
The
Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General
Regulations 2007
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals Regulations
2007
Wales
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations
2008
Scotland
Section 69 of The Road Traffic Act 1991
Towing/Removal by Local Authorities
Section 99
of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
The
Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986
(no link available)
England
The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles
(Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
Wales
The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles
(Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
CCTV Enforcement
ICO CCTV Code of Practice
Data Protection Act
Sections 48-50 of
The Secretary of State's Statutory Guidance to
Local Authorities on the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions
Freedom of Information Act 2000
England
Cameras used for
parking enforcement need to be approved devices
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (Approved Devices) (England) Order 2007
Wales
The Civil Enforcement of Parking
Contraventions (Approved Devices) (Wales) Order 2008
Bus Lane CCTV
enforcement outside London
Cameras used for bus lane enforcement
under the Transport Act need to be approved devices
The Bus Lanes (Approved Devices) (England)
Order 2005
Bus
Lanes in London
These
are enforced under the London Local Authorities Act 1996. There is
no requirement for the specific camera to be approved. All that is
required is that it is a "prescribed device" as per the Road Traffic
Offenders Act 1988 which defines a prescribed device as
"a camera designed or adapted to record the presence of a vehicle on
an area of road which is a bus lane or route for use by buses only."
Moving
Traffic Offences in London
There is
currently no specific legislation governing CCTV equipment that can
be used for the enforcement of moving traffic contraventions.
Appeals
Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT)
(England outside London)
Parking and Traffic Appeals Service (PATAS) (London)
Northern
Ireland Traffic Penalty Tribunal
PATAS - Key Cases
Other Links
Money Box Junction
Blog, campaign and excellent info on
yellow box junctions
Bailiff Advice Online
Helpful advice on dealing with
bailiffs and their fees
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