"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
t...
...A parking fine is not a debt, so the concept of legal tender does
not apply. It follows the normal rules of a transaction - that the method
of
payment has to be agreed by both parties.

IANAL

In that case, if payment is offered and refused, where does that leave
our friendly local handyman ?

By the refusal of payment, it would seem to follow that they don't
actually want the payment after all...

It would not be the payment that was refused, only the method of payment.

Colin Bignell