AQW 23375/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 25/02/2025
Answered On Date: 11/03/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department will consider introducing legislation on the operation of private car parking businesses.

Answer:

Whilst my Department is responsible for on-street parking enforcement across the north, it has no responsibility for the operation and management of private car parks nor the enforcement companies that operate within them.

There is no legislation which specifically applies to privately owned car parks and my Department currently has no plans to introduce legislation in this area. However, any organisation that operates parking on private land and requests keeper details from the DVLA must be approved by an Accredited Trade Association such as the Approved Operator Scheme (AOS) managed by the British Parking Association (BPA). Members of this scheme must adhere to the BPA AOS Code of Practice for the control and enforcement of parking on private land and unregulated public car parks.