The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2012

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012.

Article 2 of this Order commences on 1 October 2012 provisions to recover unpaid parking charges in respect of the parking of a vehicle on relevant land in Wales.

“Relevant land” is defined within Schedule 4 to the Act as land other than a highway maintainable at public expense, a parking place provided and/or controlled by a traffic authority or any other land not subject to statutory parking control.