AQW 2738/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she plans to introduce penalties to e-carNI vehicle users who park their car at e-car charging points longer than the required time to fully charge.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 26 February 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 26 February 2020
- Answer due by
- 12 March 2020
- Answered
- 12 March 202015 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The following legislation provides for the on street and off street use of a parking place for electric vehicles respectively:
The Parking Places on Roads (Electric Vehicles) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012; and
2000 No. 384 ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Off-Street Parking Order (Northern Ireland) 2000.
These Orders set out the authorisation, use of parking places and parking bays and the maximum period of waiting for electric vehicles. When the driver of an electric vehicle uses a parking bay reserved for an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle must be connected to an electric vehicle charging post and the driver must adhere to the specified time restrictions in relation to that parking place. It is a parking offence if time limits are contravened, enforceable by means of issuing a Penalty Charge Notice. The amount of the Penalty Charge is currently £90 which can be reduced to £45 if paid within 14 days.
I have no plans, at present, to introduce penalties for electric vehicle users who leave their electric vehicles at e-car charging points longer than the required time to fully charge their vehicle.