Penalty Charge Notices

The Traffic Management Act 2004 enables local authorities to take over most parking enforcement from the police, including yellow line enforcement. Enforcement in this scenario is through the civil justice system rather than in the Magistrates Court, and therefore councils enforcing parking restrictions under the Act are said to be operating “decriminalised parking enforcement”. The parking tickets issued under decriminalised parking are known as Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs).

On July 7th 2008 Dudley Council took over on-street parking enforcement from the police and from this date all parking tickets issued by the council are known as "Penalty Charge Notices" (PCN). While the responsibility for enforcement has changing, the existing restrictions on our roads remain the same. Through civil parking enforcement, the council aims to tackle the congestion caused by illegal and inconsiderate parking which causes problems in our towns, whether you’re driving, cycling, on public transport or on foot.

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