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This is the kind of letter we generate — formatted, structured, and written in the style review officers expect. The example below is a parking dispute with fictional details.

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[Your full name]  ·  [Street address], [Suburb] VIC [Postcode]  ·  [Email]  ·  [Phone]
Brightwater City Council, Infringements Review, PO Box 000, Brightwater VIC 3000
Infringement / notice number3009 XX XXXX 71
Registered vehicleABC 12D
Alleged offencePark continuously for longer than permitted (signposted 2P)
LocationMaribell Street, Brightwater
Date of offence14 May 2026
Issuing authorityBrightwater City Council
Demerit pointsNone
Dear Review Officer,

I am the registered operator of the above vehicle and write to formally dispute the infringement notice described above, on the grounds set out below.

1. Grounds
Ground 1: Restriction not lawfully conveyed by adequate signage
Road Safety Road Rules (Vic)

A parking rule can only be enforced where the sign imposing it is present, legible, and sufficiently clear to give a reasonable driver adequate notice of what is required. In this case, the sign imposing it was, at the time of parking, so faded, damaged, obscured, or otherwise deteriorated that it did not give a reasonable driver fair notice of the rule. A driver exercising reasonable care could not have been expected to discern the prohibition from the signage as it existed at the time. The applicable signage standards require that parking-control signage be installed and maintained so as to convey any such limit clearly.

Ground 2: No obstruction or harm caused
Fines Reform Act (Vic)

In the absence of adequate signage giving notice of the restriction, a driver could not reasonably have known that one applied at this location. A rule that is not clearly and lawfully conveyed by compliant signage cannot fairly be enforced against a driver who had no notice of it, and the matter is properly characterised as one in which withdrawal is the just outcome.

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2. Request

In light of the above, I respectfully request that the infringement be withdrawn. Should the authority decline to withdraw the matter, I ask that it provide written reasons and the evidence relied upon, so that my options may be properly considered.

Yours faithfully,
[Your full name]

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