PART 8Recovery of unpaid parking charges

Key concepts

94Meaning of “relevant land”

1

In this Part, “relevant land” means any land (including land above or below ground level) other than—

a

a public road within the meaning of section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,

b

a parking place which is provided or controlled by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or a local authority,

c

any land, not falling within paragraph (a) or (b), on which the parking of a vehicle is subject to statutory control.

2

In subsection (1)(b), “parking place” has the meaning given by section 32(4)(b) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

3

For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the parking of a vehicle on land is “subject to statutory control” if any enactment imposes a liability (whether criminal or civil, and whether in the form of a fee or charge or a penalty of any kind) in respect of the parking on that land of vehicles generally or of vehicles of a description that includes the vehicle in question.