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<p>The Government promotes a system of self-regulation by the private parking industry.
Private parking companies must be a member of a trade association if they wish to
access the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) data and then issue parking
charges to the owner of a vehicle. The two parking trade associations, the British
Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC), have their
own codes of practice and appeal procedures to which they expect their members to
adhere.</p><p>Sir Greg Knight has introduced a Private Members’ Bill that seeks to
create an independent code of practice for private parking companies. In line with
the Manifesto, the Government fully supports Sir Greg’s Bill and seeks to get the
fairest deal for motorists whilst helping to tackle rogue private parking companies.
Should the Bill progress, there will be an opportunity to consider the obligations
on private parking companies. The Bill is due for second reading on 2 February 2018.
Further information is available here <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html"
target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html</a></p>
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