Pay-and-Display / App Session Validly Active
Where the motorist has paid the parking charge but the FCN was nonetheless issued (ticket displaced by air, app session in different operator's system, registration paid mid-walk-by), the FCN must be cancelled on production of proof of payment.
Legal basis
Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 Art. 37; relevant local authority parking by-laws.
How to identify this in your case
Bank statement / Parking Tag / ParkMagic / Easypark / Parkopedia history showing valid session covering the FCN time. Photo of ticket on dashboard.
Sample appeal wording
To: [Issuing Authority] Re: FCN [NUMBER] Parking was paid for. A valid session was active when the FCN was issued. Evidence enclosed: - Pay-and-display ticket purchased [TIME] valid until [TIME] - App receipt [Parking Tag / ParkMagic / Easypark] - session [REF] from [START] to [END] - Bank/card statement showing payment of EUR [X] at [TIME] - Photograph showing ticket clearly displayed on dashboard The FCN was issued at [TIME] - within the valid period. No offence was committed under the by-law / Art. 37 of S.I. 182/1997. Cancel the FCN. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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