DLR — 56-Day Statutory Window; 28-Day Discount; 50% Uplift
DLR's published rule: '56-day statutory period to either pay the fine or submit an appeal'. If neither happens within 28 days the fine increases by 50%; after 56 days the FCN is no longer payable as a fixed charge. This bands the timing into three windows. Where DLR purports to apply the 50% uplift before day 28, or refuses an appeal lodged within the 56-day period, the action is outside its own published rules.
Legal basis
DLR Parking Services published procedure; Road Traffic Act 2010 s.35 and s.37.
How to identify this in your case
DLR FCN where the Council applied the 50% uplift before day 28, or refused an appeal lodged inside the 56-day window.
Sample appeal wording
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.
Per DLR Parking Services' own published rules I have a 56-day statutory period to pay or appeal, with a 28-day discount window before any 50% uplift. The Council's action of [applying uplift on day X / rejecting my appeal of [date]] is outside that framework and should be reversed.
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