Ticket issued by a council, not the DfI

Legal basis

Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (SI 1997/276 (N.I. 2)); Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (SI 2005/1964 (N.I. 14)); Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (SR 2016/76)

How to identify this in your case

Look at the PCN issuer. If issued by Belfast City Council, Derry City & Strabane DC, etc., on a public road (not a council car park), it is ultra vires.

Sample appeal wording

Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] Civil parking enforcement on public roads in Northern Ireland is reserved by statute to the Department for Infrastructure (DfI Roads) under Article 47A of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and Part III of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005. [ISSUING BODY] is not the Department and has no statutory power to issue a Penalty Charge Notice for an alleged contravention on a public road. The PCN is ultra vires and unenforceable. Please confirm cancellation by return. Yours faithfully, [NAME]

Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.

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Sources

• legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/276
• legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1964
• infrastructure-ni.gov.uk

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