(1)A person who, with intent to defraud,—
(a)interferes with any apparatus referred to in section 51(2)(d) of this Act or with a parking device, or operates or attempts to operate any such apparatus or any parking device otherwise than in the manner prescribed, or
(b)displays a parking device otherwise than in the manner prescribed,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)In subsection (5) of section 47 of this Act the reference to apparatus provided for the purposes of a parking place and operated by the insertion of coins [F1or bank notes or by means of credit or debit cards] shall include references to—
(a)any such apparatus as is referred to in section 51(2)(d) of this Act, and
[F2(b)any such device as is referred to in section 51(4) of this Act;]
and the said subsection (5) (as modified by this subsection) . . . F3 of section 47 of this Act shall apply to an offence under subsection (1) above as they apply to an offence under that section.
(3)In section 48(1) of this Act the reference to a parking meter relating to the space in which a vehicle is left in a designated parking place shall include references to—
(a)any such apparatus as is referred to in section 51(2)(d) of this Act which relates to the space in which a vehicle is so left, and
(b)to a parking device used in respect of a vehicle left in a space in a designated parking place.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Parking Act 1989 (c. 16, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. para. 5(a)
F2S. 52(2)(b) substituted by Parking Act 1989 (c. 16, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. para. 5(b)
F3Words repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4 paras. 1–3