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       Re: Edinburgh - 24 Not parked correctly within the markings of
       the parking bay - Leamington Terrace
   DIR By: ivanleo
       Date: August 6, 2023, 5:02 pm
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       --- Quote from: davidmcn link ---
       >
       > Successful though grudging result:
       >
       > "The parking tickets were issued because the vehicle was not
       parked correctly within the bay. The legislation requires that,
       when a vehicle is parked in a parking bay, every part of that
       vehicle must be contained within the bay markings. The Parking
       Attendant has recorded that the vehicle was not wholly contained
       within the parking bay.
       >
       > The residents parking permit only authorises you to park your
       vehicle in any vacant permit, shared use or public parking place
       within your zone during permitted hours. Unless the vehicle is
       fully within the appropriate bay it has no legal status, and the
       residents permit contains no guarantee that the holder will be
       able to park in or near the street in which the holder resides.
       The responsibility is with the driver to check the bay markings
       before leaving the vehicle parked. The very existence of bay
       markings makes parking within them self evident.
       >
       > We will cancel the parking tickets as a courtesy on this
       occasion. Any future tickets issued under the same circumstances
       will not be cancelled as the regulations have now been confirmed
       to you."
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I'd be tempted to write back:
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       Dear Edinburgh Council,
       You state in your cancellation letter that "The legislation
       requires that, when a vehicle is parked in a parking bay, every
       part of that vehicle must be contained within the bay markings",
       I am not aware of any such legislation. Please could you provide
       me a copy, or give me the link on legislation.gov.uk where this
       legislation can be found, so that I may educate myself?
       Yours faithfully,
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