Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 478
Road Traffic, England
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
3rd March 2009
Laid before Parliament
6th March 2009
Coming into force
31st March 2009
These Regulations are made by the Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 72, 73(3), 79 and 89 of the Traffic Management Act 2004( 1 ) and by the Lord Chancellor in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 78 and 89 of that Act:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 31st March 2009.
Revocation
2.The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment) Regulations 2008( 2 ) are revoked.
Preliminary
3.The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007( 3 ) shall be amended as follows.
Interpretation
4. In regulation 2, paragraph (1A) shall be omitted.
Evidence of contravention
5. For regulation 6, there shall be substituted—
“ Evidence of contravention
6. A penalty charge shall not be imposed except on the basis of—
(a) a record produced by an approved device; or
(b) information given by a civil enforcement officer as to conduct observed by that officer. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
3rd March 2009
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Ministry of Justice
2nd March 2009
2004 c. 18 ; section 79 was amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13) , Schedule 1, paragraph 48.
S.I. 2007/3483 amended by S.I. 2008/1513 .