Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

115 Mishandling of parking documents and related offences.E+W+S

[F1(1)A person shall be guilty of an offence who, with intent to deceive—

(a)uses, or lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person,—

(i)any parking device or apparatus designed to be used in connection with parking devices;

(ii)any ticket issued by a parking meter, parking device or apparatus designed to be used in connection with parking devices;

(iii)any authorisation by way of such a certificate, other means of identification or device as is referred to in any of sections 4(2), 4(3), 7(2) and 7(3) of this Act; or

(iv)any such permit or token as is referred to in section 46(2)(i) of this Act;

(b)makes or has in his possession anything so closely resembling any such thing as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above as to be calculated to deceive; or

(c)in Scotland, forges or alters any such thing as is mentioned in that paragraph.]

(2)A person who knowingly makes a false statement for the purpose of procuring the grant or issue to himself or any other person of any such authorisation as is mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence.

[F2(2A)In any proceedings for an offence under this section it shall be assumed, unless the contrary is shown, that any such device as is referred to in section 35(3B) or, as the case may be, section 51(4) of this Act, or any apparatus designed to be used in connection with parking devices, is of a type and design approved by the Secretary of State.]

(3)Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this section may be brought—

(a)within a period of 6 months from the date of the commission of the alleged offence, or

(b)within a period which exceeds neither 3 months from the date in which it came to the knowledge of the procurator fiscal that the offence had been committed nor one year from the date of the commission of the offence,

whichever period is the longer.

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