Judge 'Humpty Dumpty' Collins Fine Mess gets worse

Judge Collins who declared that parking tickets are not fines is now about to put the Government into an absolute pickle.

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Paying and appealing parking fines

The council's parking services staff maintain ticket machines and meters as well as the signs and infrastructure of on and off-street car parking. They also ensure that parking bays are always available and safe to use and handle enquiries.

Paying a car parking fine
You can pay your car parking fine:
• by credit/debit card
• in person - you should take your payment and car park fine ticket to any of your council’s Customer Services Offices
• by cheque
• by postal order

You may be able to pay your parking fine online. To find out if your local council offers this facility visit their website or contact them directly.

Appealing against a parking fine
If you wish to dispute your fine and have a valid ticket you should contact your local council. If you wish to dispute your fine on the basis of extenuating circumstances or because you are a Disabled Badge Holder, you should also contact your local council.
While considering your fine the council will freeze the deadline date to pay until they respond. If your dispute is unsuccessful the council will expect payment within a specified number of days from the date of their response.

Pay or appeal your parking fine
The following links will let you enter details of where you live and then take you to your local authority website where you can find out more.

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Pretty damning Justice Collins!!!
AND it implicates EVERY Local Authority.

But just to make things a little worse (as we look at not what you said but what Parliament intended the words to mean) ... if you look at this...whoops! ... the Department for Transport is calling a PCN a fine in their newly guidelines:

Statutory Guidance to the consultation on Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

Part 6 of the TMA provides a single framework in England for the civil enforcement of parking.

Closing date: 25 September 2006.
Published: 12 July 2006.

74. Where a vehicle with a diplomatic registration place receives a PCN but no payment is received within 28 days, an LTA should not issue an NtO but ensure that a record is kept of the unpaid FINE.

More and more evidence is coming in and more and more will be aware of this disgraceful attempt to sweep away the Bill of Rights.