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Parking fines set to rise next Monday

29 March 2006 08:13

Parking fines are set to rise from next Monday, and there will also be rising penalties for delays in paying parking tickets.
Under the new system, the standard parking fine will more than double from ?19 to ?40.
There will also be an even steeper rise in the penalty for parking in a disabled spot, which will go up from ?19 to ?80.
Anyone parking in a bus lane or clearway will have to pay ?40.
Another change to the system is that drivers will have 28 days to pay. After this time, fines will rise by half in the next 28 days and if they still have not been paid, the driver will face an automatic court summons.
This means that local authorities will lose their power to decide when to issue a summons.
Under the new rules, a District Court summons will automatically be issued if a fine is not paid within 56 days.
The new fine structure will be announced tomorrow by the Department of Transport.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0329/driving.html