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GLL Bellingham Leisure Centre
DIR By: Aubama
Date: June 4, 2026, 11:32 am
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Hi there, please could I get some advice on this alleged parking
contravention.
I would have thought my missus would have displayed the blue
badge when parking, but this I cannot confirm and theres no
pictures of the car parked.
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my gsv:
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Thank you in advance
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Re: GLL Bellingham Leisure Centre
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: June 4, 2026, 11:41 am
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--- Quote from: Aubama link ---
>
> I would have thought my missus would have displayed the blue
badge when parking, but this I cannot confirm and theres no
pictures of the car parked.
>
--- End Quote ---
The allegation is that the driver failed to pay for the full
duration of their stay, so unless this particular car park
offers free parking to blue badge holders, the badge is largely
irrelevant.
Are you the registered keeper?
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Re: GLL Bellingham Leisure Centre
DIR By: Aubama
Date: June 4, 2026, 11:44 am
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
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> [quote author=Aubama link=topic=11043.msg120736#msg120736
date=1780590743]
> I would have thought my missus would have displayed the blue
badge when parking, but this I cannot confirm and theres no
pictures of the car parked.
>
--- End Quote ---
The allegation is that the driver failed to pay for the full
duration of their stay, so unless this particular car park
offers free parking to blue badge holders, the badge is largely
irrelevant.
Are you the registered keeper?
[/quote]
Right, understood. And yes, i'm the registered keeper
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Re: GLL Bellingham Leisure Centre
DIR By: jfollows
Date: June 4, 2026, 11:54 am
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HTML https://apcoaconnect.com/faqs
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> What are the rules for Blue Badge Parking?
>
> The rules for Blue Badge holders differ by location and
parking operator. You should always refer to local signage for
full information on whether or not Blue Badge holders are
required to pay for parking at the location.
>
> Alternatively, you can search our Parking Locator tool for any
details relating to a specific location. If there is no mention
of Blue Badge holders being able to park for free, you should
assume that you are required to make payment and proceed
accordingly.
>
> Your Blue Badge must also be displayed at all times regardless
of whether a parking fee is applicable or not.
--- End Quote ---
(Gemini is APCOA)
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Re: GLL Bellingham Leisure Centre
DIR By: jfollows
Date: June 4, 2026, 12:14 pm
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Does this notice comply with all of
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4
such as
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> 9(1)A notice which is to be relied on as a notice to keeper
for the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(b) is given in accordance
with this paragraph if the following requirements are met.
>
> (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—
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> (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).
>
> (3)The notice must relate only to a single period of parking
specified under sub-paragraph (2)(a) (but this does not prevent
the giving of separate notices which each specify different
parts of a single period of parking).
>
> (4)The notice must be given by—
>
> (a)handing it to the keeper, or leaving it at a current
address for service for the keeper, within the relevant period;
or
>
> (b)sending it by post to a current address for service for the
keeper so that it is delivered to that address within the
relevant period.
>
> (5)The relevant period for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)
is the period of 14 days beginning with the day after that on
which the specified period of parking ended.
>
> (6)A notice sent by post is to be presumed, unless the
contrary is proved, to have been delivered (and so “given” for
the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)) on the second working day
after the day on which it is posted; and for this purpose
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a
public holiday in England and Wales.
>
> (7)When the notice is given it must be accompanied by any
evidence prescribed under paragraph 10.
>
> (8)In sub-paragraph (2)(g) the reference to arrangements for
the resolution of disputes or complaints includes—
>
> (a)any procedures offered by the creditor for dealing
informally with representations by the keeper about the notice
or any matter contained in it; and
>
> (b)any arrangements under which disputes or complaints
(however described) may be referred by the keeper to independent
adjudication or arbitration.
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?
I don’t believe so. For example, 9(2)f.
If the driver is not identified, the registered keeper can
appeal on the basis that Gemini has not complied with the
requirements of the Protections of Freedoms Act 2012 to transfer
liability from the driver to the registered keeper.
There are examples of simple appeals on this basis on the forum.
Even if Gemini, and then the IAS both reject this appeal, it’s
our experience that APCOA (and therefore Gemini) never progress
these cases further, that’s to say they won’t raise a county
court claim.
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