# source/domain-registers/transport-enforcement.v1.yaml

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    register_version: life-course-domain-register.v1
    pack_id: pack-5-enforcement-consumer-justice
    domain: transport-enforcement
    title: Transport enforcement
    status: population_complete
    observed_at: "2026-08-08"
    link_receipts: evaluation/link-receipts/pack-5-enforcement-consumer-justice-2026-08-08
    acquisition:
      mode: linked_reference_only
      snapshots_acquired: false
      source_response_bodies_retained: false
      publication_allowed: false
      rights_policy: link_and_summarize_source_family_decisions_recorded
    _source_defaults: &source_defaults
      access_method: public_html
      version_model: live_service_guidance
      update_cadence: check_before_each_use
      rights_basis: linked_reference_summary_only_source_family_decision_recorded
      observed_at: "2026-08-08"
      checksum: not_applicable_no_snapshot
    _family_defaults: &family_defaults
      primary_jurisdictions: [England, Wales]
      specialist_review: required
    route_sources:
      - <<: *source_defaults
        id: transport-enforcement-scotland-handoff
        jurisdiction: Scotland
        title: Road safety, parking tickets, fines and bans in Scotland
        owner: Scottish Government
        authority_role: scotland_transport_enforcement_handoff
        resource: https://www.mygov.scot/browse/driving-transport/penalty-points-fines
        coverage: Routes people to current Scottish road-safety, parking, fine and driving-ban information.
        exclusions: Does not determine whether a notice, penalty, prosecution or appeal is valid.
      - <<: *source_defaults
        id: transport-enforcement-wales-handoff
        jurisdiction: Wales
        title: Transport in Wales
        owner: Welsh Government
        authority_role: wales_transport_enforcement_handoff
        resource: https://www.gov.wales/transport
        coverage: Routes people to current Welsh transport, road and local-authority information.
        exclusions: Does not establish a deadline, appeal forum or outcome for a specific notice.
      - <<: *source_defaults
        id: transport-enforcement-northern-ireland-handoff
        jurisdiction: Northern Ireland
        title: Motoring offences in Northern Ireland
        owner: Northern Ireland Executive
        authority_role: northern_ireland_transport_enforcement_handoff
        resource: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/fixed-penalties-motoring-offences
        coverage: Routes people to current Northern Ireland motoring-offence, penalty and court information.
        exclusions: England, Wales and Scotland enforcement routes do not establish Northern Ireland procedure.
    families:
      - id: respond-to-speeding-notice
        title: Respond to a speeding notice
        aliases: [notice of intended prosecution, speeding ticket response, section 172 driver notice]
        description: Identify the issuing route and jurisdiction, preserve the notice and respond within the current official process without the bundle calculating a deadline.
        situations: [A registered keeper or alleged driver has received a notice concerning a suspected speeding offence.]
        user_needs: [Distinguish driver identification, disposal, court and jurisdictional branches.]
        primary_jurisdictions: [England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland]
        specialist_review: required
        preserve_existing: true
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: respond-to-council-parking-penalty
        title: Respond to a council parking penalty
        aliases: [parking penalty charge notice, PCN from council, challenge parking ticket]
        description: Identify the statutory parking notice stage, preserve evidence and pay or use the issuing authority's current representation and appeal route.
        situations: [A keeper or driver has received a local-authority parking or traffic penalty.]
        user_needs: [Separate informal challenge, formal representation, tribunal and enforcement stages without calculating a deadline.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: respond-to-council-parking-penalty-primary
          title: Parking tickets
          owner: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
          authority_role: england_wales_parking_penalty_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/parking-tickets
          coverage: Introduces council parking tickets, payment, challenge and tribunal handoffs in England and Wales.
          exclusions: Does not interpret a notice, calculate time, assess evidence or decide an appeal.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: challenge-private-parking-charge
        title: Challenge a private parking charge
        aliases: [private parking ticket, parking company invoice, appeal parking charge notice]
        description: Check the operator and land arrangement, preserve the signs and correspondence and use the applicable operator and independent appeal route.
        situations: [A vehicle keeper or driver has received a charge from a private parking operator.]
        user_needs: [Distinguish a contractual charge from a statutory penalty and start with accredited-operator redress.]
        dependency: accredited-private-parking-operator-and-appeal-service
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: challenge-private-parking-charge-primary
          title: Private parking tickets
          owner: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
          authority_role: england_wales_private_parking_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/parking-tickets/private-parking-tickets
          coverage: Explains private parking charge and accredited appeal handoffs.
          exclusions: Does not decide contract formation, liability, keeper responsibility or a court defence.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: identify-driver-after-road-offence
        title: Identify the driver after a road offence
        aliases: [section 172 request, name the driver, driver information notice]
        description: Preserve the information request and respond through the issuing police or enforcement route, raising inability or error through its stated boundary.
        situations: [A vehicle keeper or other recipient is asked to identify who was driving at a stated time.]
        user_needs: [Keep the information duty separate from accepting the alleged offence and avoid an invented time limit.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: identify-driver-after-road-offence-primary
          title: Speeding penalties
          owner: Department for Transport
          authority_role: england_wales_driver_identification_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties
          coverage: Introduces England and Wales speeding notice, driver-identification and disposal stages.
          exclusions: Does not determine who drove, notice validity, reasonable diligence or criminal liability.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: accept-fixed-penalty
        title: Accept a fixed penalty
        aliases: [pay fixed penalty notice, conditional offer, avoid prosecution by penalty]
        description: Confirm the issuing jurisdiction and terms before using the official acceptance and payment route and retaining confirmation.
        situations: [A person has received a fixed penalty or conditional offer for an alleged offence.]
        user_needs: [Understand that acceptance, points, payment and court alternatives depend on the exact notice.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: accept-fixed-penalty-primary
          title: Fixed penalty notices
          owner: Ministry of Justice
          authority_role: england_wales_fixed_penalty_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties
          coverage: Introduces fixed-penalty payment and court-election boundaries in England and Wales.
          exclusions: Does not advise whether to accept, calculate time or decide liability or mitigation.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: attend-driver-awareness-course
        title: Attend a driver awareness course
        aliases: [speed awareness course, diversion course offer, book driver course]
        description: Use the named police or approved-provider offer to book and complete the stated course, preserving eligibility and failure boundaries.
        situations: [An enforcement authority has offered an educational course instead of another disposal.]
        user_needs: [Verify that the offer is genuine and keep provider selection, attendance and non-completion with the issuing scheme.]
        dependency: police-approved-driver-course-provider
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: attend-driver-awareness-course-primary
          title: Speeding penalties
          owner: Department for Transport
          authority_role: england_wales_speed_awareness_handoff
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties
          coverage: Identifies the possible England and Wales speed-awareness course disposal.
          exclusions: Does not create an offer, guarantee eligibility, select a provider or replace the notice instructions.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: manage-penalty-points
        title: Manage penalty points
        aliases: [driving licence endorsements, check points on licence, totting up]
        description: Check the official driving record and use the authority or court route for endorsements, errors, expiry and disqualification consequences.
        situations: [A driver needs to understand or correct points shown on the applicable licence record.]
        user_needs: [Separate record facts from legal consequences and avoid calculating a disqualification locally.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: manage-penalty-points-primary
          title: Penalty points and endorsements
          owner: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
          authority_role: great_britain_penalty_points_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/penalty-points-endorsements
          coverage: Explains Great Britain endorsement codes, points, record periods and disqualification handoffs.
          exclusions: Does not establish Northern Ireland procedure or predict a court or insurance outcome.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: respond-to-driving-disqualification
        title: Respond to driving disqualification
        aliases: [driving ban, licence disqualified, apply to reduce driving ban]
        description: Follow the court and licensing instructions that apply to the ban and use the current restoration or reduction route only where published.
        situations: [A court has disqualified a person from driving or a driver needs to understand the resulting licence process.]
        user_needs: [Keep the court order, licensing record, reapplication and legal-advice boundaries explicit.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: respond-to-driving-disqualification-primary
          title: Driving disqualifications
          owner: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
          authority_role: great_britain_driving_disqualification_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/driving-disqualifications
          coverage: Explains Great Britain ban, licence return, retest and reapplication handoffs.
          exclusions: Does not interpret an order, advise on appeal or establish Northern Ireland procedure.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: appeal-to-traffic-penalty-tribunal
        title: Appeal to a traffic penalty tribunal
        aliases: [parking tribunal appeal, traffic penalty adjudicator, appeal rejected PCN]
        description: Use the tribunal named by the enforcement notice after the required authority stage and submit the evidence requested by that forum.
        situations: [A statutory traffic or parking representation has been rejected and a tribunal appeal may be available.]
        user_needs: [Identify the correct adjudication body and stage without assuming one tribunal serves every nation or notice type.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: appeal-to-traffic-penalty-tribunal-primary
          title: Challenge a parking ticket
          owner: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
          authority_role: england_wales_parking_tribunal_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/parking-tickets/challenging-a-ticket
          coverage: Explains England and Wales council challenge stages and tribunal handoffs.
          exclusions: Does not select the forum, calculate time, assess grounds or predict an adjudicator's decision.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: contest-road-user-charge
        title: Contest a road-user charge
        aliases: [challenge congestion charge, appeal clean air zone charge, road toll dispute]
        description: Identify the exact charging scheme, preserve journey and payment evidence and use its representation and adjudication route.
        situations: [A person disputes a road-user, congestion, emissions or crossing charge or penalty.]
        user_needs: [Avoid combining distinct national and local schemes and find the scheme-specific redress body.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: contest-road-user-charge-primary
          title: Drive in a clean air zone
          owner: Department for Transport
          authority_role: england_clean_air_zone_handoff
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/clean-air-zones
          coverage: Routes users to England clean-air-zone checking, payment and local penalty information.
          exclusions: Does not cover every road-user charge or determine payment, exemption, penalty or appeal.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: respond-to-vehicle-clamping-or-removal
        title: Respond to vehicle clamping or removal
        aliases: [car clamped, vehicle towed away, recover impounded vehicle]
        description: Identify the public authority, police or lawful land route responsible, secure urgent access information and preserve payment and challenge evidence.
        situations: [A vehicle has been immobilised, removed or impounded.]
        user_needs: [Distinguish police, council, DVLA and private-land action and avoid unsafe or unlawful self-removal.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: respond-to-vehicle-clamping-or-removal-primary
          title: Getting your vehicle clamped or removed
          owner: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
          authority_role: uk_vehicle_clamping_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/get-a-clamped-or-impounded-vehicle-released
          coverage: Routes users through common DVLA, council, police and private-land clamping or removal situations.
          exclusions: Does not identify the actor for a real vehicle, authorize release or decide a refund or appeal.
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: respond-to-transport-prosecution
        title: Respond to a transport prosecution
        aliases: [summons for driving offence, charged with motoring crime, road offence court case]
        description: Preserve the charge or summons and obtain current legal and court information for plea, evidence, hearing and appeal boundaries.
        situations: [A person faces a criminal court process for a driving or transport allegation.]
        user_needs: [Find regulated legal help and the named court route without receiving a plea recommendation or outcome prediction.]
        dependency: regulated-criminal-defence-adviser
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: respond-to-transport-prosecution-primary
          title: Charged with a crime
          owner: Ministry of Justice
          authority_role: england_wales_criminal_court_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/charged-crime
          coverage: Introduces England and Wales charge, legal-advice, plea and court handoffs.
          exclusions: Does not provide legal advice, interpret evidence, calculate time or predict sentence or appeal.