Mayor's Tax Disc Gaffe ... Another Fine Mess in Blackburn

The Lancashire Evening Telegraph reports on the latest Blackburn blunder, this time involving 'failure to display.'
Everyone in Blackburn in future who gets a Parking Ticket for a similar mistake simply print off the article and ask for the council to apply discretion.

Tax disc gaffe on mayor's limo
By Nafeesa Shan

PARKING protesters have accused council bosses of double standards after they forgot to replace the tax disc on the mayor's limousine.
The tax disc on the black BMW expired on January 31 and was replaced for 12 days until the Lancashire Telegraph informed Blackburn with Darwen Council that it had expired.
The car which has a registration CB1, used on official visits by the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Coun Maureen McGarvey, was driven on at least 11 occasions without displaying the correct disc. More ...

Medway Council 'Offensive' Notice to Owner ...

To the untrained eye this looks like a legal document compliant with the 1991 Road Traffic Act.

However, Scedule 6 of the 1991 Road Traffic Act details exactly what a Notice to Owner MUST state ... and the word is 'contravention' not 'offence.'