{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-off-street-parking-england-and-wales-order-1978/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-off-street-parking-england-and-wales-order-1978/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1535",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Off-Street Parking (England and Wales) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-off-street-parking-england-and-wales-order-1978",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Contravention of terms or conditions of licence by the holder—penalties",
  "text": "Subject to Article 16 of this Order and to the provisions of Part V of the Schedule to this Order, any holder of a licence who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the licence and who does not show that the contravention or failure was due to an act or omission of a person not connected with the operation of the licensed parking place which the persons so connected could not reasonably have been expected to prevent shall be liable on summary conviction—\n(a) in the case of a term imposed under Article 7(b) or a condition with respect to any of the matters referred to in Article 7 (c)(i), (ii), (iii) or (v) of this Order, to a fine not exceeding £100;\n(b) in any other case to a fine not exceeding £50;\nand on the conviction of the holder of a licence of an offence under this Article the court before whom he is convicted may, if on an application made for the purpose by the local authority the court is satisfied that it is proper so to do by reason of the extent to which, or the period over which, or the frequency with which, the holder of the licence has contravened or failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the licence or by reason of the wilfulness of the offence, make an order for the revocation of the licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1535/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:27:41.029944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}