In these Regulations—

• “the LGA 1972” means the Local Government Act 19725

• “the RTRA 1984” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19846;

• “the TMA 2004” means the Traffic Management Act 2004;

• “the 2007 General Regulations” means the Civil Enforcement of Parking (England) General Regulations 20077;

• “the 2022 Appeals Regulations” means the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 20228;

• “adjudicator”, other than in regulation 36, means an adjudicator appointed, or treated as appointed, under regulation 16;

• “the applicable date” means—

  1. a

     in the case of a penalty charge notice served by virtue of regulation 10(2)(a), the last day of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice is served;

  2. b

     in the case of any other notice, the last day of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice is served;

• “applicable discount”, in relation to a penalty charge, means the amount, set in accordance with Schedule 9 to the TMA 2004, by which the charge is reduced if it is paid early9;

• “applicable surcharge”, in relation to a penalty charge, means the amount, set in accordance with Schedule 9 to the TMA 2004, by which the charge is increased if it is not paid before a charge certificate is issued10;

• “approved device” has the meaning given in regulation 4;

• “charge certificate” means a statement to the effect that a penalty charge is increased by the amount of the applicable surcharge;

• “civil enforcement officer”, in relation to a relevant road traffic contravention, means a civil enforcement officer11 provided by the authority which is the enforcement authority12 in relation to that contravention;

• “the commencement date” means the day on which these Regulations come into force;

• “enforcement notice”, other than in regulation 35, means—

  1. a

     a regulation 10 penalty charge notice, or

  2. b

     a notice to owner;

• “immobilisation notice” has the meaning given in regulation 13(2);

• “notice to owner”, other than in regulation 35, has the meaning given in regulation 20;

• “notice of rejection” means a decision notice served by an enforcement authority under regulation 6(4)(b) of the Appeals Regulations which states that the enforcement authority does not accept the representations made under regulation 5 of those Regulations by the recipient of the enforcement notice to which those representations relate;

• “OGL bus lane contravention” means a bus lane contravention within paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the TMA 2004 in a civil enforcement area outside Greater London;

• “OGL moving traffic contravention” means a moving traffic contravention within paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 in a civil enforcement area outside Greater London;

• “OGL parking contravention” means a parking contravention within paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the TMA 2004 (parking contraventions outside Greater London) in a civil enforcement area outside Greater London;

• “owner”, in relation to a vehicle, includes a person who is to be treated as the owner of the vehicle by virtue of regulation 6;

• “penalty charge”, other than in regulation 35, means a penalty charge relating to a relevant road traffic contravention and payable in accordance with regulation 6;

• “penalty charge notice”, other than in regulation 35, means notice of a penalty charge;

• “regulation 10 penalty charge notice” means a penalty charge notice served under regulation 10;

• “relevant road traffic contravention” means—

  1. a

     a parking contravention within paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the TMA 2004 (parking contraventions relating to parking places in Greater London) in Greater London,

  2. b

     a parking contravention within paragraph 3 of that Schedule (other parking contraventions in Greater London) in a civil enforcement area in Greater London,

  3. c

     an OGL bus lane contravention,

  4. d

     an OGL moving traffic contravention, or

  5. e

     an OGL parking contravention;

• “vehicle-hire firm” has the meaning given in section 66(8) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (hired vehicles)13.