Parking authorities in the UK have published new car parking rules today that will affect all drivers in the country. - eh?

[dx100uk]

From October 1 this year, all newly opened car parks will be required to operate under these new rules. For existing car park operators, they have until the end of 2026 to bring their sites in line.

Here are some of the key changes motorists should be aware of:

Drivers will be given a 10-minute grace period during which no parking charge can be given

Clear signs arerequired to help drivers navigate the car park, and know where they can and cannot park

The parking charge cap of £100 is maintained, reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days

A new Appeals Charter will create clearer parameters for when motorists can appeal against a parking charge

This new code has not been produced by the government, but by the two sector regulators which private parking operators must register with to operate.

The new code is a joint project between parking sector regulators the International Parking Community (IPC) and British Parking Association (BPA).

Parking fines are changing – here’s everything UK drivers need to know (msn.com)

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eh?

this seems a spoof?

dx

[lookinforinfo]

I don't think it is a spoof.

I have seen talk of it before.

And with the rogues BPA and IPC working together you can bet that they will continue to ensure that motorists get ripped off every step of the way.

Pontius Pilate only washed his hands once when involved with Jesus Christ.

These two shockers do it virtually every day as well as closing their eyes to the worst excesses carried out by their members.

Indeed they are the ones who advocate adding £60 to £70 to every unpaid PCN regardless of the Government and the Courts both saying it is unlawful. 

So don't expect that rule to be expunged from their rules.

And it is just that sort of behaviour from them that encourages the crooks among their members to carry on stretching their law breaking even further without any sanctions from you know who.

[honeybee13]

How depressing that the Independent is talking about fines.

HB

[Nicky Boy]

Publicity stunt by IPC and BPA to try and achieve some type of respectability.

[Homer67]

FINES??? How very dare they.

[Homer67]

Same poor info on 'fines' and 'tickets' here by Sky News

Drivers to get 10-minute 'grace period' in private car parks before they get a ticket

NEWS.SKY.COM

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A legally-backed code of conduct was due to come in force by the end of last year but was withdrawn by the government after parking firms challenged it.

 

[AndyOrch]

5 minutes ago, Homer67 said:

FINES??? How very dare they.

A fine is a penalty that requires the convicted person to pay to the public treasure a sum of money fixed by law after an offense has been committed.

Don't question the TV and Media/Newspaper definition 

[singleton]

Not only will BPA IPC be hoping their joint CoP achieves respectability they'll be quietly hoping it stops regulation from bodies outside their industry and changes to their members money making practices.

 

There were many articles online today giving opinions on this code and I would have to agree with those stating the code is 

watered down, falls far short of the standards the Gov and consumer groups have called for across many years

not the same as the long-delayed official private parking CoP that is backed by legislation

anarchy on a grand scale and of huge interest to Britain's 35 million frustrated motorists

 

Anyone interested in reading the full code can download it from https://www.britishparking-media.co.uk/news/private-parking-sector-single-code-of-practice-published

Edited Thursday at 21:17 by singleton
Wrong text

[nightnajjers]

Very disappointing after all the expected 2022 COP.

Another failure by government to do the right thing. 

Still looks like at least 3,000 jobs will be saved (sadly) and 43% of predators will stay in Business (mores the pity). 

No mention of bullying behaviour or big red letters.

Seems like apart from the requirement for better signage, which will probably be ignored by the likes of.

VCS etc.

not much has changed apart from a new appeals charter by you know who!!!

[dx100uk]

dont think this has anything to do with the 2022 COP on going debacle.

it's just more of their own mantra and scamming in updating a system that monetary wise, has not increased to them in years.

dx

 

[lookinforinfo]

Oh don't worry. They have found ingenious new ways to extract money from motorists over the years.

Things like requiring entering your vrm on a list and it has to be exact as well as cancelling items from their initial Code of Practice as they were losing their members money.

[lookinforinfo]

I was about to comment on when there was going to be a joint Code of Practice when I discovered there already was one which apparently come into force on June 24th 2024.

https://www.britishparking.co.uk/write/Documents/AOS/NEW Redesigned Documents/sectorsingleCodeofPracticeVersion1260624.pdf

Obviously they still continue to allow the additional £70 unlawful charge . Interestingly they do include the need for planning permission! though that will probably be for new members while the old ones may have to wait  till 2026 to get their Code into synch. with this one.

And some of their Annexes are going to hurt the more extreme parking rogues so while their Code is not as strong as the withdrawn Government Regulations they are a step in the right direction. And obviously hoping that the new Government while not bother to reintroduce their version.

Although this new Code shouldn't affect our current PCNs, any new ones from the 27th June should be compared to the new Code of Practice.  Prepare for mayhem.

Edited Saturday at 22:02 by lookinforinfo

[lookinforinfo]

Oh yes I forgot one important one. They still think that the driver and the keeper are the same person. And they do not even consider that the reason the keeper does not reveal who was driving could be because they were protecting their wife or one of their children.

[Ethel Street]

You have to hand it to the parking companies, they have done a pretty good job of blind siding the media into reporting this as "new laws" or "new rules" as if their Code were from an official body or from the government or had some formal legal status. It doesn't, it's just the PPCs' own opinion of what a Code of Practice should say, issued jointly by their trade associations BPA and IPC.  It is not endorsed or supported by government (and doesn't claim to be).

Nevertheless it will still indirectly have some legal effect because the DVLA rules on giving vehicle/keeper information to PPCs requires [my bold] that they "must be a member of a DVLA Accredited Trade Association (ATA) and operate in compliance with the association’s code of practice".  

As noted already in the thread they put in several provisions that favour themselves. I see they make this assertion, but cite no legal authority for it [my bold]:

"NOTE: The driver is often the same person as the keeper and/or the hirer. Where a keeper or hirer fails or refuses to provide the name and serviceable address of the driver when requested to, it may be assumed they are the driver, based on that failure or refusal. "

The withdrawn government Code made no such statement but we've already seen the assertion made in a number of court claims brought by PPCs and now it's in their Code we can expect to see more. It would be good to see one where the judge rejects it.

All this has come about of course because of the failure of the government to move forward with a statutory Code of Practice (to replace the Code they withdrew in 2022). The PPCs have stepped into the gap left by government inaction and perhaps hope that the government will take the easy route and simply adopt theirs?

But it still remains the law that the government MUST produce its own statutory Code. s1 Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.  Oddly I just discovered that the Act was brought into force on 24th May 2024, one of the last things the outgoing government did! The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 (Commencement) Regulations 2024 (legislation.gov.uk)  

But no sign of a new draft statutory Code of Practice.  I wonder what priority the new government will give it?

[lookinforinfo]

Well the Private Code of parking has come out just in time to shut down the rogues advising their members that they can charge the additional £70. 

Also it looks as if with the Consideration time with the Government scheme that there will be an extra five minutes or so included in the parking period. Unlike the rogues plan where they allow five minutes Consideration time which is not counted as parking, but if you do not leave it IS counted as parking. 

Absolutely pathetic-and greedy and confusing.