#1 Re: Amended Railway Byelaws from 26/12/2025
on 10 Dec, 2025 15:16 in The Flame Pit
https://lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/98511/Pdf?subType=StandardThe above Explanatory Memorandum (THE PROTECTION OF FREEDOMS ACT 2012 (DEFINITION OF RELEVANT LAND) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2025) makes it clear that the intention is to make Railway carparks relevant land for the purposes of POFA:Quote5.2 Schedule 4 to POFA facilitates the recovery of unpaid car parking charges from the keeper or hirer of a vehicle parked in private car parks and sets out detailed requirements regarding the provision of notices and the appeals process, but railway car parks are currently excluded from this regime.5.3 This order will extend the application of the regime set out in Schedule 4 to POFA so that it will apply to the recovery of unpaid car parking charges from the keeper of a vehicle parked in station car parks. This will make the mechanisms applying to the recovery of unpaid car parking charges in station car parks consistent with those generally applying to private car parks with a view to aiding the understanding of the applicable rules by both users and managers of station car parksObviously the efficient and well-run PPCs will update their Railway carpark signage to remove references to Byelaws and make sure that the contractual arrangements they attempt to hold people to are crystal clear. Right?