Part II

Parking

Service of penalty charge notice on the basis of information provided by camera, etc
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1
This section does not apply to the council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
2
Where a participating council, on the basis of information provided by the use of a camera or any other device, has reason to believe that a penalty charge relating to a stationary vehicle in a designated parking place or a special parking area in the area of the council is payable under Part II of the Act of 1991 with respect to the vehicle, they may serve a penalty charge notice on the person appearing to them to be the owner of the vehicle.
3
A participating council may not serve a penalty charge notice under this section after the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the penalty charge allegedly became payable.
4
Subject to subsection (5) below, the Act of 1991 shall apply to a penalty charge notice served under this section as though it were a penalty charge notice issued under section 66(1) of that Act.
5
In the application of the Act of 1991 to a penalty charge notice served under this section—
a
for the reference to the parking attendant in section 66(3)(a) there shall be substituted a reference to the council;
b
for the reference in paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 6 to the parking attendant who issued the penalty charge notice there shall be substituted a reference to the council who served the penalty charge notice; and
c
for the purpose of section 66(3)(d), the date of the notice shall be the date on which the penalty charge notice was served.
6
A notice served under this section may be served in the same manner as a notice to owner under paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 1991.