Local Government (Highways) Act 1982
103Recovery of parking fines from persons in default
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103 Recovery of parking fines from persons in default
(1) [Section 103 Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] Where, as a consequence of a vehicle being parked in a parking space, a parking fine has been paid by the registered operator of the vehicle, that person, unless he was the person who actually parked the vehicle, may recover a sum of an equivalent amount from a person who had control of the vehicle at the time it was parked or who actually parked the vehicle.
(2) For the purposes of this section, each of the following sums shall be deemed to constitute a parking fine:
(a) [Section 103 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] a fine imposed by a court for an offence under section 97 , 98 or 99 ;
(b) [Section 103 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] a monetary penalty payable in respect of an infringement notice issued for an offence under section 97 , 98 or 99 ;
(c) [Section 103 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] . . . . . . . .
(d) [Section 103 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] . . . . . . . .
(e) a fee paid under section 102 for the removal or detention of a vehicle;
(f) a sum recovered under this section;
(g) a sum paid by way of costs incurred in connection with the payment of any of the sums mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this subsection.