Legislation / Legal

DfT: Transport Minister Rosie Winterton claimed that motorists are set to benefit from a fairer & more transparent parking system when she published a new framework designed to make parking enforcement more ‘motorist friendly’. The new framework - which comes into force at the end of March - makes it clear that councils should not:
·         use parking enforcement as a tool for raising revenue, nor
·         set targets for the number of tickets issued, and
·         that they should only use CCTV to enforce parking rules where it is impractical or dangerous for a parking attendant to operate
 
Separate non-statutory operational guidance, providing best practice advice to local authorities, has been distributed in draft and will be published in its final form shortly.
Press release ~ Statutory Guidance ~ CCTV for parking enforcement guidance ~ DfT - Traffic and parking management ~ Better Parking - Keeping Traffic Moving: Regulatory Impact Assessment ~ Better Parking - Keeping Traffic Moving - Report on Public Consultation ~ British Parking Association ~ Directgov: Paying and appealing parking tickets ~ DfT - Parking factsheets
How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud