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.