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The official wording from the London Councils PCN contravention code list (v7.0, effective 31 May 2022), the list used by enforcement authorities in England and Wales.
The penalty level is the statutory higher/lower differential that attaches to the contravention — not the amount, which varies by authority. Why PCN amounts differ. Codes 11 and 73 describe the same contravention in different settings, which is why one page covers both. Scotland runs a separate regime and does not use these codes — see the Scotland guide.
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This page is general information, not legal advice. The code list is the version named above and may have been updated since. The contravention code describes what the authority says happened; it does not decide whether the penalty is valid, and the notice you were sent governs your own case.