Contravention Code 04

Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated. You must move your car before the time purchased has expired.

How to have your penalty charge notice (PCN) for this parking contravention cancelled.

We may be able to assist you in having your penalty charge notice for this contravention cancelled.

Follow our 3 stage process:

1 Check: Specific grounds for appeal for this contravention (below on this page)
This may also include diagrams and pictures showing signage requirements etc.

2 Check: General grounds for appeal
Applies to most contraventions.

3 Check: Summarised parking adjudicators decisions
Includes details of example cases won.

Specific grounds of appeal for this contravention

1. It is important to note that this contravention code only applies to meter bays and not pay and display bays. If you were parked in a pay and display bay and have been issued with a ticket showing this contravention code then you should appeal and visa versa.

2. Was the ticket issued before the expiry time shown on the meter, if so the practice of issuing Penalty charge notices before the time has expired does happen. A photograph of the meter is your proof.

3. The Traffic Sign’s and general directs regulations 2002 states that the designated width of a parking bay should be 1.8 metres and the maximum should be 2.7 metres. The length should be at least 4.5 and to a max of 6.6 metres.Please see diagram below.

Below we show diagrams of the road markings which must be in situ and much more information that will help you decide whether to appeal against your penalty charge notice.

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1. Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
2. Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force
4. Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated
5. Parked after the expiry of paid for time
6. Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher
7. Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time
8. Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours
9. Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
11. Parked without payment of the parking charge
12. Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge
14. Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging
16. Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required.
19. Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone with an invalid virtual permit or displaying an invalid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time
20. Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited - a loading gap
21. Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space.
22. Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving.
23. Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle
24. Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space
25. Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading
26. Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place
27. Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway
28. Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge.
29. Failing to comply with a one-way restriction
30. Parked for longer than permitted
31. Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
32. Failing to proceed in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign
33. Using a route restricted to certain vehicles
34. Being in a bus lane
37. Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles
38. Failing to comply with a sign indicating that vehicular traffic must pass to the specified side of the sign
40. Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner.
45. Stopped on a taxi rank
46. Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)
47. Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand
48. Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited.
50. Performing a prohibited turn
51. Failing to comply with a no entry restriction
52. Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle
53. Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone
54. Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering and waiting in a pedestrian zone
62. Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway.
99. Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags

1. Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours
2. Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force
4. Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated
5. Parked after the expiry of paid for time
6. Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher
7. Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time
8. Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours
9. Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited.
11. Parked without payment of the parking charge
12. Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge
14. Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging
16 Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required.
19. Parked in a residents' or shared use parking place or zone with an invalid virtual permit or displaying an invalid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time
20. Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited - a loading gap
21 Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space.
22. Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving.
23. Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle
24. Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space
25. Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading
26. Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place
27. Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway
28. Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge.
40. Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner.
45. Stopped on a taxi rank
46. Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)
47. Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand
48. Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited.
62. Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway.
99. Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags