Bus Stop Ticket Issued Outside the Hours on the Clearway Sign
A bus stop clearway only operates 24 hours a day if the upright sign shows no times. If the upright clearway sign displays an operating period (for example 7am–7pm), the stopping ban applies only during that period, so a ticket timed outside the signed hours is not a contravention at all.
Legal basis
Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (SI 2016/362), Schedule 7 Part 6 paragraph 1 — the marking with the relevant upright sign conveys the prohibition at any time only where the sign shows no time period, otherwise only during the period shown
How to identify this in your case
Check the contravention time printed on the PCN against the hours shown on the upright bus stop clearway sign at the stop. Photograph the sign clearly enough to read any time plate, together with a wide shot tying it to the stop. If the sign shows hours and your PCN time falls outside them, this ground applies. If the sign shows no hours, the clearway runs at all times and this ground does not apply.
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