Road Traffic (Public Parking Places) (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) (Jersey) Order 2017

Road Traffic (Public Parking Places) (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) (Jersey) Order 2017

Made                                                                           22nd May 2017

Coming into force                                                         29th May 2017

THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, in pursuance of Articles 59 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1], orders as follows –

1        Road Traffic (Public Parking Places) (Jersey) Order 2006 amended

In the Road Traffic (Public Parking Places) (Jersey) Order 2006[2] –

(a)     in Article 1(1) –

(i)      in the definition “season ticket” the words “on which the ticket is displayed” shall be deleted,

(ii)      after the definition “valid permit” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“ ‘valid remote payment’ means a payment in respect of a vehicle parked or to be parked in a parking place, such payment being –

(a)     made by means of the internet;

(b)     accepted by or on behalf of the Minister; and

(c)     of the amount of the prescribed charge required to be paid to park the vehicle in that parking place for the period during which it is parked or to be parked;”;

(b)     in Article 3(e) after the words “valid permit is displayed” there shall be added the words “or a valid remote payment has been made”;

(c)     at the end of Article 5(1) and (1A) there shall be added the words “or a valid remote payment has been made”;

(d)     after Article 7 there shall be inserted the following Article –

“7A   Evidence

(1)     A digital photograph taken by a car park official of a vehicle displaying a registration mark that is parked in a parking place shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle assigned that registration mark was parked in that parking place.

(2)     The metadata associated with the digital photograph shall be prima facie evidence of the time and day the photograph was taken.

(3)     A printed copy of the records, held by or on behalf of the Minister, of valid remote payments made in respect of vehicles shall be prima facie evidence of whether a valid remote payment was made in respect of a vehicle.”.

2        Road Traffic (Sand Street Car Park) (Jersey) Order 2012 amended

In the Road Traffic (Sand Street Car Park) (Jersey) Order 2012[3] –

(a)     in Article 1(1) for the full-stop after the definition “registered owner” there shall be substituted a semi-colon and there shall be added the following definition –

“ ‘valid remote payment’ means a payment in respect of a vehicle parked or to be parked in the car park, such payment being –

(a)     made by means of the internet;

(b)     accepted by or on behalf of the Minister; and

(c)     of the amount of the prescribed charge required to be paid to park the vehicle in the car park for the period during which it is parked or to be parked.”;

(b)     in Article 5(1) after the words “first being paid” there shall be added the words “, either by valid remote payment or at a parking charges payment terminal”;

(c)     in Article 5(6) before the words “a vehicle is parked” there shall be inserted the words “in the case of a vehicle parked in the car park for any period in respect of which a valid remote payment has not been made,”;

(d)     in Article 6(1) after the words the words “Article 5(6)” there shall be added the words “, or the end of a period in respect of which a valid remote payment has been made, as the case may be”;

(e)     in Article 12(2) after the words “parking charge was paid” there shall be inserted the words “at the terminal”;

(f)      after Article 12(2) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“(3)    A printed copy of the records, held by or on behalf of the Minister, of valid remote payments made in respect of vehicles shall be prima facie evidence of whether a valid remote payment was made in respect of a vehicle.”.

3        Road Traffic (Public Parking Places – Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 amended

In the Road Traffic (Public Parking Places – Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017[4] –

(a)     In Article 2(2) for the words “where the relevant pay card is displayed on a vehicle along with” there shall be substituted the words “in the case of a vehicle in which there is displayed”;

(b)     In Article 3(3) for the words “displayed on a vehicle along with” there shall be substituted the words “in the case of a vehicle in which there is displayed”.

4        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Parking Places) (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) (Jersey) Order 2017 and shall come into force 7 days after the day it is made.

deputy e.j. noel of st. lawrence

Minister for Infrastructure

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 25.550

[2]                                    chapter 25.550.36

[3]                                    chapter 25.550.42

[4]                                    R&O.6/2017


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