Yellow Box PCN - Original PCN not received (Wandsworth) Options

[The Grand Ranch]

Hi Everyone, I received a Charge Certificate back in June for a PCN issued in May which I did not receive in the post.

Following advice on this forum, I waited until I received the letter from the debt collectors (Alpha) which stated that they would be passing the debt to Northampton CC. This letter arrived mid July and I've not heard anything further since.

I'm not in dispute over the original offence, I just didn't want to pay £195! However, I'm now a little concerned that I've not heard anything further and I don't really want this bill racking up in the background if they failed to send me the Order of Recovery.

Any advice or is this normal?

many thanks.

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[cp8759]

An adjudicator could say that, taking the PCN as a whole (including the representations period which is correctly included on the back of the PCN), it is substantially compliant, so I'd be reluctant to advise risking the discount on that basis alone. We need to see the video.

[PASTMYBEST]

An adjudicator could say that, taking the PCN as a whole (including the representations period which is correctly included on the back of the PCN), it is substantially compliant, so I'd be reluctant to advise risking the discount on that basis alone. We need to see the video.

+1 I feel an argument can be made but am reluctant to do so without sight of the video

[hcandersen]

Grounds:
e)that the penalty charge exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case.

The circumstances in this case are:
An alleged contravention dated 9 May 2018;
A PCN which the authority claim was issued on 18th May 2018 but which was not received by the appellant;
A charge certificate issued 29th June 2018 which the appellant received;
Instead of an Order for Recovery on 19 July 2018 the appellant received an extra-procedural letter from a firm of enforcement agents acting on behalf of the authority but without lawful authority (as Enforcement Agents) to pursue the penalty;
An Order for Recovery received 17 May 2019 ;
The appellant's statutory declaration dated 29th May 2019;
TEC's confirmation letter dated approx. 5 Jun;
A fresh PCN dated 14 June 2019, received 15 June;


As the authority will see, as regards the prescribed procedure there is a gap of 10 months between the charge certificate and the Order for Recovery in respect of the previous PCN. This lengthy period puts me at a serious and wholly avoidable disadvantage as regards submitting representations and prospectively an appeal. Absent a valid reason for this extreme delay, then the authority have acted wholly unreasonably and unfairly is pursuing the penalty and as such these are valid statutory grounds for representations which, if rejected, must be accompanied by a valid reason why the authority failed to pursue the penalty expeditiously.
At present I do not intend to raise the issue of the use of council taxpayers' funds to commission a firm of enforcement agents to act in a capacity which has no basis in law to follow up a charge certificate. For information, I enclose a copy of their letter whose form, tenor and appearance are deliberately intended to convey the impression that they are acting in a legal capacity as regards pursuing the penalty. Should it be necessary, I would invite the adjudicator to decide whether the Man on the Clapham Omnibus would find this to be and intended to be intimidating and coercive.

[The Grand Ranch]

An adjudicator could say that, taking the PCN as a whole (including the representations period which is correctly included on the back of the PCN), it is substantially compliant, so I'd be reluctant to advise risking the discount on that basis alone. We need to see the video.

+1 I feel an argument can be made but am reluctant to do so without sight of the video

I found the video -

https://vimeo.com/user22342865/review/342834887/cb2624ca6a

Grounds:
e)that the penalty charge exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case.

The circumstances in this case are:
An alleged contravention dated 9 May 2018;
A PCN which the authority claim was issued on 18th May 2018 but which was not received by the appellant;
A charge certificate issued 29th June 2018 which the appellant received;
Instead of an Order for Recovery on 19 July 2018 the appellant received an extra-procedural letter from a firm of enforcement agents acting on behalf of the authority but without lawful authority (as Enforcement Agents) to pursue the penalty;
An Order for Recovery received 17 May 2019 ;
The appellant's statutory declaration dated 29th May 2019;
TEC's confirmation letter dated approx. 5 Jun;
A fresh PCN dated 14 June 2019, received 15 June;


As the authority will see, as regards the prescribed procedure there is a gap of 10 months between the charge certificate and the Order for Recovery in respect of the previous PCN. This lengthy period puts me at a serious and wholly avoidable disadvantage as regards submitting representations and prospectively an appeal. Absent a valid reason for this extreme delay, then the authority have acted wholly unreasonably and unfairly is pursuing the penalty and as such these are valid statutory grounds for representations which, if rejected, must be accompanied by a valid reason why the authority failed to pursue the penalty expeditiously.
At present I do not intend to raise the issue of the use of council taxpayers' funds to commission a firm of enforcement agents to act in a capacity which has no basis in law to follow up a charge certificate. For information, I enclose a copy of their letter whose form, tenor and appearance are deliberately intended to convey the impression that they are acting in a legal capacity as regards pursuing the penalty. Should it be necessary, I would invite the adjudicator to decide whether the Man on the Clapham Omnibus would find this to be and intended to be intimidating and coercive.

Wow, thanks, sounds like it could be worth a shot?




This post has been edited by The Grand Ranch: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 - 20:58

[stamfordman]

The video doesn't help, to put it mildly.

https://vimeo.com/342834887/cb2624ca6a

This post has been edited by stamfordman: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 - 22:01

[The Grand Ranch]

The video doesn't not help, to put it mildly.

https://vimeo.com/342834887/cb2624ca6a

Well, I never said I contested the actual offence.

This post has been edited by The Grand Ranch: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 - 21:24

[cp8759]

The video link doesn't work?