Legislation – The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022

PART 1
Preliminary

1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

2 Interpretation

3 Service by post or electronically

4 Approved Devices

PART 2
Penalty charges for relevant road traffic contraventions

5 Imposition of penalty charges for relevant road traffic contraventions

6 Person by whom a penalty charge is to be paid

7 Evidence of contravention

8 Criminal proceedings for relevant road traffic contraventions

9 Penalty charge notices for parking contraventions: service by civil enforcement officers

10 Penalty charge notices for relevant road traffic contraventions: enforcement authority

11 Circumstances in which notification of a penalty charge for a parking contravention on a road in a civil enforcement area may be given otherwise than by fixing a notice to the vehicle

12 Removal of, or interference with, a penalty charge notice

PART 3
Immobilisation of vehicles for parking contraventions

13 Power to immobilise vehicles

14 Limitations on the power to immobilise vehicles

15 Release of immobilised vehicles

PART 4
Adjudicators

16 Appointment etc of adjudicators

17 Adjudication process and remuneration of adjudicators: expenses of the relevant enforcement authorities

18 Discharge of functions of enforcement authorities relating to adjudicators: in Greater London

19 Discharge of functions of enforcement authorities relating to adjudicators: outside Greater London

PART 5
Enforcement of penalty charges

20 Notice to owner

21 Charge certificate

22 Enforcement of charge certificate

23 Invalid notices

PART 6
Financial provisions

CHAPTER 1 Greater London

24 Setting the levels of charges applicable in Greater London

25 Modification of section 55 of the RTRA 1984: London authorities

CHAPTER 2 Outside Greater London

26 Guidelines for the level of charges applicable outside Greater London

27 Modification of section 55 of the RTRA 1984: parking contraventions outside Greater London

28 Income and expenditure in connection with OGL bus lane contraventions

29 Income and expenditure in connection with OGL moving traffic contraventions

30 Surpluses to be carried forward

31 Use of surpluses

PART 7
Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions

33 Transitional provisions and savings: general

34 Transitional provisions and savings in connection with the revocation of the 2007 General Regulations: existing contraventions, existing offences and related matters

35 Transitional provisions and savings: outstanding penalty charges

36 Transitional provisions and savings in connection with the revocation of the 2007 General Regulations: adjudicators and related reports

37 Transitional provisions and savings in connection with the revocation of the 2007 General Regulations: arbitration

38 Transitional provisions and savings in connection with the revocation of the 2007 General Regulations: accounts kept by a London authority

39 Transitional provisions and savings in connection with the revocation of the 2007 General Regulations: accounts kept by enforcement authorities outside Greater London

40 Transitional provisions and savings: approved devices

41 Transitional provisions and savings: charging guidelines

42 Consequential amendments

PART 8
Amendments related to traffic signs that are subject to civil enforcement

43 Traffic signs that are subject to civil enforcement

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Specified requirements for approved devices

SCHEDULE 2 Penalty charge notices

SCHEDULE 3 Guidelines for the setting by enforcement authorities of charges for relevant road traffic contraventions etc outside Greater London

SCHEDULE 4 Consequential Amendments

SCHEDULE 5 Amendments relating to traffic signs

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PART 6Financial provisions

CHAPTER 1Greater London

Setting the levels of charges applicable in Greater London24.

(1)

The functions conferred on the London local authorities by Part 2 of Schedule 9 to the TMA 2004 (charges applicable in Greater London) in relation to parking contraventions committed on or after the commencement date are to be exercised by those authorities jointly by means of the single joint committee set up in pursuance of regulation 18 (“the Joint Committee”).

(2)

No person who represents Transport for London on the Joint Committee may take any part in any proceedings of the Joint Committee so far as they relate to the discharge by the Joint Committee of functions conferred on the London local authorities by Part 2 of Schedule 9 to the TMA 2004.

(3)

Any relevant arrangements in force immediately before the commencement date are to continue in force and have effect as if made under this regulation, until such time as they are replaced by arrangements made under this regulation.

(4)

Any relevant arrangements may, whilst they continue to have effect by virtue of paragraph (3), be varied by arrangements made under this regulation.

(5)

In this regulation “relevant arrangements” means any arrangements which were made, or treated as made, for the purposes of regulation 15 of the 2007 General Regulations.