Clamping notice is missing required information
When your car is clamped, the operator must attach a notice that includes every one of these items: the date and time of clamping, the location, the reason your car was clamped, the release charge, how to pay, how to get the clamp removed, the operator's name and contact details, your right to appeal, and how to make a complaint. If even one of these items is missing, the notice is defective and the clamping may not be valid.
Legal basis
Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 s.13; Vehicle Clamping (Statutory and Non-Statutory) Regulations 2017.
How to identify this in your case
Photograph clamping notice on attachment. Cross-check each mandatory item under s.13. Common omissions: appeal route info; complaints procedure; full company details.
Sample appeal wording
To: [Operator] Re: Clamping at [LOCATION] on [DATE] The clamping notice did not comply with s.13 Vehicle Clamping Act 2015. Missing [SELECT]: - Date and time of clamping - Reason for clamping - Right of appeal under ss.19-22 VCA 2015 - How to make an appeal - Identity and contact details of parking controller - Complaints procedure under s.18 - Maximum clamp release fee under NTA regulations A defective notice does not start time running for any internal appeal and is a procedural breach. I exercise my right of appeal under s.19 VCA 2015. Pending determination, I require: (a) Full refund of clamp release fee. (b) Confirmation no further enforcement. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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