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Chapter 9Compliance andEnforcementIntroductionCompliance here refers not justto compliance of LocalAuthorities with national andregional guidance, andcompliance of private companieswith a range of planning andother rules, but also to driversabiding by parking regulations.Local AuthoritycompliancePolicies laid down by nationaland regional governmentencourage interventions at thelocal level to manage the use ofthe car. Local authorities haveembraced such policy guidancewith varied degrees ofenthusiasm.The Government has scope toimprove the level of compliancein a number of ways:● Providing more detailedguides to best practice;● Providing mentoring andpractical assistance as ameans of “capacity building”at the local level;●●●Reviewing Local Transportand Development Plans (orsupporting documents) forconsistency and compliancewith national and regionalpolicy;Allocating transport funds ina way that favours localauthorities who candemonstrate compliancewith policy;Withholding “excellence” or“beacon” status from localauthorities that pay scantregard to national andregional policies andpriorities.Local Authorities must alsocomply with the duties andprocedures laid down in thevarious highways and parkingenforcement legislation, withGovernment Guidance onDecriminalised ParkingEnforcement, and to otherrelevant legislation, for examplethe Human Rights Act 1998 andthe Disability Discrimination Act1995.Private SectorcomplianceLocal authorities, whether or notin partnership with otheragencies, need to encourageprivate car park owners andoperators to conduct theirbusiness in line with planning,traffic and other regulations. Thekey issues are likely to be:● Compliance of privateoperators of public car parkswith the terms and conditionsset down in local authoritycontracts, such as tariffstructures and charges, andsecurity requirements;● Compliance of privatedevelopers with planningconditions and agreementsconcerning the amount andoperation of parkingassociated with newdevelopments.In both these cases compliancewill depend not only on theAcknowledgementsChapter 9Compliance andEnforcement