These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Representations and Appeals)(Wales) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 31^st March 2008.

These Regulations apply to Wales.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19842;

• “the 2004 Act” means the Traffic Management Act 2004;

• “appellant” in relation to an appeal under these Regulations or any process connected with such an appeal, means the person bringing the appeal;

• “the Enforcement and Adjudication Regulations” means the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Penalty Charge Notices, Enforcement and Adjudication) (Wales) Regulations 20083;

• “the General Provisions Regulations” means the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 20084;

• “notice of rejection” means a notice served by an enforcement authority rejecting or not accepting representations made to it under regulation 4 or 8;

• “notice to owner” has the meaning given in paragraph (2);

• “owner” in relation to a vehicle, includes any person who by virtue of regulation 4 of the General Provisions Regulations, falls to be treated as the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of those Regulations;

• “penalty charge” means a penalty charge relating to a parking contravention in accordance with regulation 3 of the General Provisions Regulations

• “penalty charge notice” has the meaning given by regulation 4(1) of the Enforcement and Adjudication Regulations;

• “procedural impropriety” has the meaning given by regulation 4(5); and

• “recipient” has the meaning given in paragraph (2).