Have you received a Penalty Charge Notice for a moving traffic or parked vehicle contravention?
A Penalty Charge Notice, may be issued:
At the scene by a civil enforcement officer (CEO) by being fixed to the vehicle, or handed to the person appearing to be in charge of it;
By post in the following cases:
Enforcement is by camera; or The CEO was prevented by someone from serving it at the scene;
or
The CEO had begun to prepare a Penalty Charge Notice but the vehicle was driven away before it was finished and issued.
Your next steps:
This depends on whether the Penalty Charge Notice was served at the scene or by post:
Penalty Charge Notice served at the scene:
- Pay the charge
Payment details are on the Penalty Charge Notice.
If the Penalty Charge Notice was issued at the scene you should pay no later than the last day of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the notice.
If the authority receives payment within the first 14 days, you only have to pay half the penalty.
If you do not pay within 14 days, as outlined above, your right to pay the reduced penalty charge ends.
If the authority does not receive payment of the reduced penalty within 14 days, as outlined above, or the full penalty within 28 days, the next stage in the formal process is for the authority to send a Notice to Owner.
or:
- Make a challenge against the Penalty Charge Notice
Please note that this challenge does not extend the 14 day limit for paying the reduced penalty that still applies unless the Enforcement Authority agrees to extend the period while they consider the challenge.
Notice to Owner
If the penalty is not paid within 28 days as outlined above, the enforcement authority may issue a Notice to Owner to the person appearing to them to be the keeper of the vehicle.
The keeper is usually, but not always, liable for the penalty whoever was driving. This is known as keeper liability.
The keeper is presumed to be the person registered as the keeper at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
The Notice to Owner will usually be served by post. The person to whom it has been sent then has 28 days, beginning with the date of service of the notice (ordinarily when it arrived at the address to which it was posted) to:
- Pay the penalty charge;
or
Make formal representations to the enforcement authority explaining why they think they should not have to pay the penalty.
If you wish to do this, you must still write back to the enforcement authority at this stage, even if you have made a written challenge (see above) following the issue of the Penalty Charge Notice For the grounds, see the following section – ‘Making representations’.
Notice of Acceptance
If you receive a Notice of Acceptance, you will not have to pay the penalty and you need take no further action.
Notice of Rejection.
The person to whom a Notice of Rejection has been issued has 28 days, beginning with the date of service of that notice, to:
- pay the penalty charge; or
- appeal to the adjudicator.
A Notice of Appeal form should be sent by the enforcement authority with the Notice of Rejection. If this form is not enclosed, the authority should be contacted to obtain one.
The enforcement authority should also send you a verification code to enable you to appeal on-line if you prefer.
If you miss the 28 time limit your appeal may still be registered by the adjudicator. When you submit your appeal you must include an explanation for the delay.
The adjudicator will then decide whether the appeal should be registered.
If the penalty charge is not paid or an appeal is not made within the 28 days allowed, the enforcement authority may issue a charge certificate.
Notice of Appeal
This is the form which the enforcement authority should send you their Notice of Rejection. The grounds on which the adjudicator may allow your appeal are the same as for making representations:
Charge Certificate
This is a notice issued by the enforcement authority increasing the penalty charge by 50%. The enforcement authority may issue a charge certificate where the penalty charge has not been paid and after:
A Penalty Charge Notice was served by post or a Notice to Owner has been served and the Authority did not receive representations within 28 days, beginning with the date of service of that notice;
A Notice of Rejection has been served and within 28 days, beginning with the date of service of that notice, no appeal to the adjudicator has been made;
An appeal has been refused by the adjudicator and no payment has been received by the enforcement authority within 28 days of the date the decision was served; or
The appellant has withdrawn their appeal and has not paid the penalty charge to the enforcement authority within 14 days of the date on which the appeal is withdrawn.
Registration of Debt and Order for Recovery
If after 14 days of a charge certificate being served the penalty charge is still not paid, the enforcement authority may register it as a debt at the Traffic Enforcement Centre. The authority may then recover the penalty through the County Court:
The County Court, on application from the enforcement authority, will authorise the authority to draw up an Order for Recovery. The authority will serve this order on you, with a Witness Statement form.
If the penalty is not then paid, the authority may apply to the court for a Warrant of Execution.
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