References: [1965] SLT 305
Ratio: Unless an authority which makes a traffic control order complies with the requirements imposed on the making of such an order and the publication of the order is adequate, any offence which it purports to create cannot be effectively prosecuted.
This case is cited by:
- Applied – James v Cavey QBD ([1967] 2 QB 676, [1967] 2 WLR 1239, [1967] 1 All ER 1048)
The council introduced regulations restricting parking at a site on alternate weeks between certain hours. The ‘no parking’ signes were covered over with an unrestricted parking sign when parking was permitted. The defendant parked and left his car . .
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