Traffic Penalty Tribunal

Example Cases

Credit Card Surcharge

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BS881

A Council is required to inform the motorist how payment of a penalty charge may be made.  Various methods may be used including, for example, payment by cash, cheque or card.  What the Council may not do, however, is add a surcharge on payments made by credit card.  That would amount to an unlawful increase of the amount that may be charged by way of penalty.  The Council has no power to demand the payment of any extra charges of this nature.

The appeal was allowed (also on other grounds)

  1. 1. Appeal outcomes: Allowed or dismissed
  2. 2. Condition of signs and lines
  3. 3. Suspended bays
  4. 4. Inconsistent enforcement
  5. 5. Fluttering tickets
  6. 6. When is a highway not a highway?
  7. 7. The admissibility of evidence
  8. 8. Taxis and private-hire vehicles
  9. 9. Payment going astray
  10. 10. Taken without owner's consent
  11. 11. Owner not the driver
  12. 12. Circumstances beyond driver's control
  13. 13. Going for change
  14. 14. Parked beyond bay markings
  15. 15. The issue of evidence
  16. 16. Cloned vehicles
  17. 17. Issues of PCN accuracy
  18. 18. Disc Zones
  19. 19. Vehicles on hire
  20. 20. Council discretion
  21. 21. Issues with Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs' or local parking bylaws)
  22. 22. You are here: Credit Card Surcharge