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(2)The notice must—

(a)specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the period of parking to which the notice relates;

(b)inform the keeper that the driver is required to pay parking charges in respect of the specified period of parking and that the parking charges have not been paid in full;

(c)describe the parking charges due from the driver as at the end of that period, the circumstances in which the requirement to pay them arose (including the means by which the requirement was brought to the attention of drivers) and the other facts that made them payable;

(d)specify the total amount of those parking charges that are unpaid, as at a time which is—

(i)specified in the notice; and

(ii)no later than the end of the day before the day on which the notice is either sent by post or, as the case may be, handed to or left at a current address for service for the keeper (see sub-paragraph (4));

(e)state that the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver and invite the keeper—

(i)to pay the unpaid parking charges; or

(ii)if the keeper was not the driver of the vehicle, to notify the creditor of the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver and to pass the notice on to the driver;

(f)warn the keeper that if, after the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice is given—

(i)the amount of the unpaid parking charges specified under paragraph (d) has not been paid in full, and

(ii)the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver,

the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid;
(g)inform the keeper of any discount offered for prompt payment and the arrangements for the resolution of disputes or complaints that are available;

(h)identify the creditor and specify how and to whom payment or notification to the creditor may be made;

(i)specify the date on which the notice is sent (where it is sent by post) or given (in any other case).

I agree that a 'period pf parking' is demonstrated by the notice.

However, the notice is missing the required mandatory wording required by paragraph 9(2)(e).

9(2)(e) specifies;

The notice MUST STATE that the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver.

There is no such sentence contained in the NtK.

The NtK is also missing part of the wording required by 9(2)(f).

Quote from: pesonkute on Today at 06:03:00 pm

Quote from: InterCity125 on June 04, 2026, 07:09:55 am

I agree that a 'period pf parking' is demonstrated by the notice.

However, the notice is missing the required mandatory wording required by paragraph 9(2)(e).

9(2)(e) specifies;

The notice MUST STATE that the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver.

There is no such sentence contained in the NtK.

The NtK is also missing part of the wording required by 9(2)(f).

Thank you for pointing it out.
So in this case, do I have a leg to stand on when appeal with IAS ?

No, because the IAS is not “independent” and usually sides with its paymasters, the parking companies.
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t appeal on this basis, because it sets out your stall and shows the court in due course that you were trying to avoid court. If they go on to take you to court, you have a defence which will be the same point.

The only thing I’d suggest with the IAS appeal is to keep it short, and to the point, and only appeal on one or - at worst - two points only. 9(2)e and possibly 9(2)f. The reason I say this is that if you appeal on lots of points they will pick off the easy ones and ignore the hard ones.