Disc Parking Zone - Defective Disc Sale Compliance

Disc parking zones operate only where the road authority for that area has made bye-laws for them: Road Traffic Act 1994 s.36(1) confines such bye-laws to public roads within that authority's own functional area, and s.36(2)(b) is the power to require proof of payment by 'the purchase and exhibition of a document' - the disc. This ground addresses the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown scheme. Where the bye-laws' own requirements as to the disc are not met, or a motorist could not reasonably purchase a disc (no nearby outlet open, machines out of order, online system down), or a correctly scratched disc is misread, the FCN should be cancelled.

Legal basis

Road Traffic Act 1994 s.36 — a road authority may make bye-laws regulating parking in specified places 'on public roads within their functional area' (s.36(1)), and those bye-laws may provide for 'the manner and proof of payment (whether by means of a parking meter, the purchase and exhibition of a document, or otherwise)' (s.36(2)(b)), which is the statutory basis for a parking disc; together with the making authority's own disc parking bye-laws.

How to identify this in your case

Disc displayed but not visible on photograph; nearest outlet closed/out of stock; machine error; disc with correct date/hour scratched but read incorrectly.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
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Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

To: [Issuing Authority] Re: FCN [NUMBER] [SELECT] A. A valid parking disc was correctly scratched and displayed showing date [DATE] and hour [HOUR-HOUR]. Photograph enclosed. B. No reasonable means of purchasing a disc was available. The nearest disc-sale outlet ([ADDRESS]) was closed/out of stock. The on-street machine was out of order (photo enclosed). The by-laws presuppose reasonable availability. Cancel the FCN. Yours faithfully, [NAME]

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Disc Parking Zone - Defective Disc Sale Compliance

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How to identify this in your case

Sample appeal wording

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