Parking at B&Q

[PeteBlade]

Yes they do.

I feel like this could go on a while.

I'd investigate further if I were you, or you'll get caught out.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Humour me. How can they prove who was driving at the time of any alleged offence?

They don't need to. The law doesn't require them to.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4/enacted

 

[ghandi]

This Sunday game is free street parking wherever you want so stop fretting.

Not in controlled parking zones the charge is £1 all day on a Sunday.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Not in controlled parking zones the charge is £1 all day on a Sunday.

Any of these around BDTBL?

 

[MobileBlade]

Any of these around BDTBL?

You're welcome.

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/.../parking-permits/parking-zones/zone-maps.html

 

[HighfieldBlade]

You're welcome.

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/.../parking-permits/parking-zones/zone-maps.html

Highfield zone looks free on Sunday

 

[MobileBlade]

Highfield zone looks free on Sunday

Yep.

 

[carthesis]

They don't need to. The law doesn't require them to.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4/enacted

Exactly.

Provided they comply with Schedule 4, the identity of the driver is irrelevant.

If they DO NOT comply with Schedule 4, then they CAN ONLY pursue the driver, at which point they run into difficulties because they cannot prove who the driver was, which is where the Elliott -v- Loake idiocy begins...

 

[carthesis]

Somewhat derailing the thread, but:

Barrister, Parking Law Expert, and POPLA Lead Adjudicator from 2012 until 2015, Mr Henry Greenslade states:

“The only presumption that anyone else is liable for such a charge is under Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012”.

“Nevertheless, there appears to be continuing misunderstanding about Schedule 4. Provided certain conditions are strictly complied with, it provides for recovery of unpaid parking charges from the keeper of the vehicle. Whether or not the keeper is the owner is not relevant. Unlike the statutory schemes, under Schedule 4 there is no concept of ‘owner liability’”.

“However keeper information is obtained, there is no ‘reasonable presumption’ in law that the registered keeper of a vehicle is the driver. Operators should NEVER suggest anything of the sort. Further, a failure by the recipient of a notice issued under Schedule 4 to name the driver, does not of itself mean that the recipient has accepted that they were the driver at the material time. Unlike, for example, a Notice of Intended Prosecution where the details of the driver of a vehicle MUST be supplied when requested by the police, pursuant to Section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, a keeper sent a Schedule 4 notice has no legal obligation to name the driver”.