Glossary

Clear definitions of the terms you'll meet on a PCN, council-tax bill or deposit dispute.

• Adjudication (Deposit Dispute)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition)
• ANPR Calibration
• Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST)
• Betterment (Deposit Deductions)
• Billing Authority — Who Sends Your Council Tax Bill
• Blue Badge Parking
• BPA (British Parking Association)
• BPA Code of Practice
• Bus Lane PCN
• Camera Warning Sign (Diagram 878)
• Carer Disregard — The 35-Hour Rule for Council Tax
• Charge Certificate
• Check-In Report (Inventory)
• Check-Out Report
• Civil Enforcement Officer
• Civil Parking Enforcement
• Class N Exemption — Student Dwelling Council Tax Relief
• Class U Exemption — SMI Sole Occupant Relief
• Conditional Offer
• Consideration Period
• Contravention Code
• Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ)
• Council Tax Band — Property Valuation Bands A to H
• Council Tax Discount — Definition and Types
• Council Tax Exemption — When No Tax Is Owed
• Council Tax Premium — Extra Charge on Long-Term Empties
• Council Tax Reduction Scheme — Means-Tested Help
• Council Tax Support — Local Means-Tested Reduction
• Custodial Deposit Scheme
• Debt Recovery Letter
• Decriminalised Parking Enforcement
• Deposit Cap (5 Weeks)
• Deposit Dispute Evidence
• Disabled Bay
• Disregarded Person — Council Tax Meaning
• DPS (Deposit Protection Service)
• DVLA Keeper Details
• Empty Dwelling Exemptions — Classes C Through G
• Endorsable Offence
• Enforcement Agents (Bailiffs) and Council Tax
• Exceptional Hardship
• Excess Charge Notice
• Fair Wear and Tear
• Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)
• Formal Representations
• Grace Period (10-Minute Rule)
• Hire Car Liability
• Holding Deposit
• IAS (Independent Appeals Service)
• Insured Deposit Scheme
• Inventory Clerk
• IPC (International Parking Community)
• IPC Code of Practice
• Keeper Liability
• Keeper Liability Transfer
• Legitimate Interest Test
• Liability Order — Council Tax Enforcement Explained
• Loading Bay
• Mitigating Circumstances
• Moving Traffic Contravention
• MyDeposits
• NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution)
• Non-Endorsable Offence
• Notice to Driver (NtD)
• Notice to Keeper (NtK)
• Notice to Owner (NtO)
• Overstay Charge
• Parking Charge Notice
• Pay and Display
• PCN (Penalty Charge Notice)
• Penalty Charge
• POFA (Protection of Freedoms Act 2012)
• POPLA (Parking on Private Land Appeals)
• Prescribed Information (Council Tax Context)
• Prescribed Information (Deposit)
• Proportionality Test
• Qualifying Benefits for Council Tax Relief
• Registered Keeper
• Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
• Schedule of Condition
• Section 172 Notice
• Section 21 Notice
• Section 214 Penalty
• Section 6 Liability Hierarchy — Who Pays Council Tax
• Single Code of Practice
• Single Person Discount (SPD) — 25% Council Tax Reduction
• Special Reasons Hearing
• Speed Awareness Course
• Stage 1 Appeal
• Stage 2 Appeal (POPLA/IAS)
• Statutory Declaration (PE3/TE9 Form)
• TDS (Tenancy Deposit Scheme)
• Traffic Enforcement Centre (TEC)
• Traffic Management Order (TMO)
• TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions)
• Valuation Office Agency (VOA) — Role in Council Tax
• Valuation Tribunal for England (VTE) — Glossary
• Yellow Box Junction Rules

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