Thanks for the feedback:

Parking is a civil matter in Jersey. The Blue badge scheme is run exactly the same as in the UK and EU, despite Jersey being independent.

Agree with RT and Bromptonaut, I will appeal in a very polite manner using photos of correct badge in mitigation, but expect to have to pay the £100 fine. You are allowed 21 days from the date of the ticket to appeal.

Vitesse6 - yes, my wife has one of those black wallets she keeps the time disc and the actual badge in. Over the years the wallet has stretched slightly so she kept the previous one behind the current one to prevent the badge from slipping out.

I appear to have removed the current one for photocopying and not replaced it.

Update:

I wrote the polite email including photos of the current badge admitting it was a foolish but innocent mistake.

Had a response yesterday at midday saying my appeal had been referred to the Centenier at the Town Hall and I would hear the result in due course.

Expected that to mean maybe a week.

A further response at Midday today from the Centenier saying the 'parking infraction' has been cancelled and no further action will be taken.

Feeling lucky. 2015 badge destroyed!

Edited by 72 dudes on 27/06/2017 at 17:13

Seems like the people in Jersey have a heart. It is nice to know that a reasonable attitude prevails for sympathy when a mistake has clearly been made, but mitigation explains it all away. Just a good job it wasn't Edinburgh or Sheffield where the taliban train the parking wardens and the Gestapo finish off the process!!!!! Well done. Cheers Concrete

Remembering that the good folk of Jersey suffered badly under German occupation during WW2, perhaps the reference to the Gestapo is unfortunate!