22ALiability of vehicle owner for parking offences

22A Liability of vehicle owner for parking offences

22A Liability of vehicle owner for parking offences

(1) If a parking offence occurs in relation to any vehicle, the person who at the time of the commission of the offence was the owner of the vehicle is, by virtue of this section, guilty of an offence against the regulation concerned as if the person were the actual offender guilty of the parking offence, unless—

(a) in any case where the offence is dealt with under section 22B, the person satisfies an officer described in the notice served under that section that the vehicle was at the relevant time a stolen vehicle or a vehicle illegally taken or used, or

(b) in any case where the offence is dealt with by a court, the court is satisfied that the vehicle was at the relevant time a stolen vehicle or a vehicle illegally taken or used, or

(c) the person is exonerated under subsection (2) or (3).

(2) An owner of a vehicle is not, by virtue of this section, guilty of an offence if, in any case where the offence is dealt with under section 22B, the person—

(a) within 21 days after service on the person of a notice under that section for the offence, gives a prescribed officer referred to in the notice an approved nomination notice containing the name and address of the person who was at all relevant times in charge of the vehicle, or

(b) satisfies that prescribed officer that the person did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained that name and address.

(3) An owner of a vehicle is not, by virtue of this section, guilty of an offence if, in any case where the offence is dealt with otherwise than under section 22B, the person—

(a) within 21 days after service on the owner of a court attendance notice for the offence, gives the informant an approved nomination notice containing the name and address of the person who was at all relevant times in charge of the vehicle, or

(b) satisfies the court that the person did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained that name and address.

(3A) Despite any other provision of this Act, an approved nomination notice may be provided by the owner of a vehicle served with a notice under section 22B within 90 days of the notice being served on the owner if the approved nomination notice is provided in the circumstances specified in section 23AA or 23AB of the .