Car parking query

[kat321]

If you pull into a carpark with number plate recognition but can't park up because all the spaces are full then you go back later on and park up still within the 3 hour time limit of the parking but under the one hour no return can you still be issued a parking ticket?

[Daily-Editor]

As far as the law is concerned this is not accurate. The invoice itself is actually invalid, as it has no grounds in law - only in the belief of the company that they can issue tickets in this way.

The reason is that the Car Park itself is private property, and the many tickets appear to 'represent' themselves as being issued under particular Acts of Law, which do not relate to private property.

It is true to say that you may be asked to pay a fee for parking on private property by the owner of the land. He/she may also employ someone to collect that money on his/her behalf. He/she may also pay that person (or company) for doing so. He/she may bank the money so received.

contd

[Daily-Editor]

However the parking company he/she employs may NOT issue tickets of its own volition for 'parking charges' on private land which it does not own.

The ONLY person who can enforce non-payment is the owner of the land.

To claim otherwise is an act of dishonesty. The issuing of county court documents stating otherwise is a deliberate act of Fraud.

If whoever owns the land (usually a supermarket or similar) want to charge you for parking they should clearly say so and have arrangements for doing so in place.

Ask the 'parking companies' one question:

"Please can you tell me which Act of Law valid within the United Kingdom do you issue these parking tickets under?"

You will find that the answer is None!

Simply ignore them or report them to the Police.

Council car parks are regulated by legislation – Private car parks aren’t.

[Daily-Editor]

Kat, here is another interesting link

http://www.youtube.co...dqsGY&feature=related

[ChuckFickens]

http://www.oldham-chr...alty-just-judge-rules

http://www.shropshire...s-in-parking-wrangle/

[Daily-Editor]

Chuck I can see where you are coming from. Earlier you stated that several have indeed been taken to court. Ofcourse they have. But when you consider that thousands of these unenforceable invoices are sent out, 'several' becomes irrelevant.

Interesting reading here

http://www.dailymail....ntimidate-driver.html

http://www.moneysavin...ivate-parking-tickets

[twix123]

Surely their NPR cameras would have clocked you leaving so soon after arriving that you wouldn't have had time to have parked and they would also know that the car park would have no available spaces due to the volume of entrants on the day.

[kat321]

Just an update so far I've not heard anything so think I must have just made the hour by a couple of minutes or so , but htankyou all for the advice and hoped it may have helped someone else as well