In a desperate attempt to avoid 'letting the cat out of the bag' PATAS, the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service have denied the No Campaign's request to take a photograph of the plaque in the reception area of New Zealand House.
The letter from Charlotte Axelson can be seen (left).
The reason why the request was made was because the Association of London Government Transport and Environment Committee's (ALG TEC) plaque was located above the PATAS (Parking and Traffic Appeals Service)plaque.
Why the fuss?
Well, PATAS is an independent tribunal...it is claimed.
Trouble is that Transport for London and the 33 London Boroughs operating Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) pay 'subs' to ALG TEC who in turn pay for PATAS and appoint the 'independent' adjudicators. The more Penalty Charge Notices issued, the more ALG and therefore PATAS get. Not independent by any stretch of Article 6(1) of the ECHR's imagination!
1st Floor of New Zealand House is a public building with public access.
Charlotte Axelson's attempt at intimidation using an implied threat is the akin to Mike Tyson being threatened with a good hiding by Graham Norton.
Bring it on Charlotte...we can't wait.
Question is...is there a photograph, who took it and who has it?
2 comments:
It is a contempt to take any photograph, make or attempt to make any portrait or sketch of a justice or a witness in, or a party to, any proceedings before the court, either in the courtroom or its precincts (Section 25, Criminal Justice Act 1925).
Note: it refers to people, not signs, fixture and or fittings
Send the photo to me and I will publish on my blog
I relish being summoned to appear before court for contempt
If contempt is not admitted, then a trial must take place at the earliest opportunity and should be before a bench of justices other than those justices before whom the alleged contempt took place.
Section 41, Criminal Justice Act 1925 is a quasi-contempt and dose not require the Attorney General's consent:
This will be another way of bringing this whole issue before a COURT of LAW. THE PARKING & TRAFFIC APPEALS SERVICE in the UK is not a court of Law within the meaning of Article 234 EC
So despite Section 25, Criminal Justice Act 1925 not applying to signs and they are not a Court anyway PATAS are with this letter displaying a worrying trend of being able to interpret Legislation as it suits them.
Perhaps they should have posted signs warning the public that they were a Court of Law and that it was an offence to take phographs etc if it was true.
What about theat video clip on thier website, I took that to be an actual Adjudicator rather than a reconstruction, surely they have broken the Law themselves?
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