asked Her Majesty's Government:

On what legal basis paragraph 10.69 of Operational Guidance to Local Authorities: Parking Policy and Enforcement, published by the Department for Transport on 25 March states that “a certificated bailiff can alter the address on the warrant if the respondent has moved”. [HL2889]

This sentence repeats the guidance given to local authorities in 1995 about decriminalised parking enforcement outside London. It does, however, appear that the sentence has no legal basis and this was not identified in the responses to the consultation on the draft operational guidance. We will amend the guidance and notify those who have already received it.