Requirements for a valid ticket

An appropriate person must have issued the ticket.  The Traffic Management Act 2004 allows Traffic Wardens, Police Officers and Civil Enforcement Officers employed by local authorities to issue parking tickets.

Parking tickets come in two types:

1. Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN's) - Police Officers/Traffic Wardens.
2. Penalty Charge Notices (PCN's) - Civil Enforcement Officers.

Under the 2004 Act a ticket can be issued without it actually being attached to the offending vehicle e.g. where the vehicle drives off.  In addition, vehicle owners can also be issued and sent a ticket through the post.  This allows local authorities to use CCTV to spot an allegedly offending vehicle and then send the owner a ticket.   

Generally, there are no fixed rules about what a Notice should include save in London.  However, any Notice should include the following information, and if it does not you should consider appealing the Notice:

1. the grounds on which the person issuing the notice believes that a penalty is payable with respect to the vehicle;
2. the amount of the penalty;
3. the date or period within which the penalty must be paid;
4. the amount payable if paid within 14 days;
5. what will happen if the penalty is not paid by the final deadline;
6. the address to which payment must be sent.

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