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9.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to the notification, by a civil enforcement officer, of a penalty charge payable in respect of a parking contravention.
(2) Where a civil enforcement officer has reason to believe that a penalty charge is payable in respect of a parking contravention otherwise than on a road, the civil enforcement officer may give notification of that charge by—
(a)fixing a penalty charge notice to the vehicle, or
(b)giving a penalty charge notice to the person appearing to the civil enforcement officer to be in charge of the vehicle.
(3) Except as provided for in paragraphs (4) to (6) and regulation 10, notification of a penalty charge in respect of a parking contravention on a road may only be given by a civil enforcement officer by fixing a penalty charge notice to the vehicle.
(4) The requirement in paragraph (3) that notification be given by the fixing of a penalty charge notice to the vehicle does not apply—
(a)where the civil enforcement officer is able to give the penalty charge notice to the person appearing to the officer to be in charge of the vehicle, or
(b)in the circumstances specified in regulation 11.
(5) Where the circumstances in paragraph (4)(a) apply, the civil enforcement officer may, instead of fixing the penalty charge notice to the vehicle, give it to the person appearing to the civil enforcement officer to be in charge of the vehicle.
(6) Where the circumstances in paragraph (4)(b) apply, the civil enforcement officer may—
(a)fix the penalty charge notice to the vehicle, or
(b)give it to the person appearing to the civil enforcement officer to be in charge of the vehicle.
(7) A penalty charge notice given under this regulation must include the information set out in—
(a)Schedule 2, and
(b)regulation 3(1) of the 2022 Appeals Regulations.
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