6Limitation on service of notice to owner: parking
(1)Section 7 (limitation on service of notice to owner) of the London Local Authorities Act 2000 (c. vii) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “Subject to subsection (3) below” there is substituted “Subsection (2A) below applies”;
(b)for the words from “a fresh notice to owner” to the end of the subsection there is substituted— “; or
(d)payment of the penalty charge has been made or has purportedly been made before the expiry of the period mentioned in subsection (1) above but the payment or purported payment is subsequently cancelled or withdrawn.”.
(3)After subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A)Subject to subsection (3) below, a fresh notice to owner may not be served after the expiry of the period of six months from—
(a)the date of the cancellation of the notice to owner; or
(b)in a case falling within subsection (2)(c) above, the date on which a notice is served under paragraph 8(5)(d) of that schedule; or
(c)in a case falling within subsection (2)(d) above, the date on which notification is received that the payment or purported payment had been cancelled or withdrawn.”.
(4)In subsection (3)—
(a)the words “, that is to say a council or Transport for London,” are omitted;
(b)after paragraph (c), there is inserted “or
(d)the date on which the relevant authority receives a notification that the payment or purported payment has been cancelled or withdrawn in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2)(d) above”;
(c)for the words “subsection (1) or (2) above” there is substituted “subsection (1) or (2A) above”.