Fines Act 1996
24AGNo more than 1 penalty notice to be issued within 1 week for same offence
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24AG No more than 1 penalty notice to be issued within 1 week for same offence
24AG No more than 1 penalty notice to be issued within 1 week for same offence
A penalty notice for a parking offence is invalid if—
(a) a penalty notice has been, or is proposed to be, issued for an earlier parking offence, and
(b) the parking offence and the earlier parking offence—
(i) occurred within the same 7-day period, and
(ii) are of the same kind, and
(iii) involve the same vehicle, and
(iv) occurred—
(A) on the same length of road between the same cross streets, or
(B) in the same car parking area, and
(c) a notification was not attached to the vehicle in contravention of this division—
(i) for the earlier parking offence, or
(ii) if there is more than 1 earlier parking offence that satisfies paragraphs (a) and (b)—each of the earlier parking offences.
s 24AG: Ins 2024 No 79, Sch 1.