Car registered in Scotland

Scotto

Hi I received my pcn as keeper 16 days after the alleged offence committed in England, strensham south. Not clear after reading your posts if I should appeal or ignore as I am resident in Scotland and car is registered in Scotland. CPplus state duration of stay exceeded free parking period and they will accept £50 within 14 days or £90 after that rising to £130 including admin if received after 28 day deadline.
Thanks

Stroma

Ignore them as there is no keeper liability in Scotland , and you cannot use popla up North. Also CP Plus are toothless and certainly won't be taking anyone to the sherrifs court. Do they mention pofa 2012 or keeper liability ?

AltheHibby

Stroma, as the so-called offence happened in England I would expect English law to apply. It might be better for the OP to go down the POPLA route rather than the Scottish "ignore" route. Sorry to confuse the issue.

Scotto, whatever way it goes, follow the good advice on here and it won't cost you a penny.

bod1467

As far as I understand, POPLA is only available for motorists resident in England/Wales. There is no keeper liability in Scotland, thus no way to enforce a PCN against a keeper resident here.

Whilst they could start court action (they won't), they'd either need to apply for an out-of-jurisdiction order (to bring a claim in England against a Scottish resident), or raise a claim in the Sheriff's court. NEITHER will happen as the costs would be too high and the chance of winning would be next to zero.

Scotto

Pcn is standard looking, addressed to me as the registered keeper no mention of pofa 2012 or keeper liability, just how to pay or appeal through the normal channels ie cp plus followed by popla if client property is in England or Wales

bod1467

In which case Ignore Ignore Ignore.

(But keep any correspondence filed away for reference - don't destroy it).

AltheHibby

Thanks, Bod. I just wanted to be sure.

gozaimasu

What would the situation be if a Scottish individual lived/work in England, yet the car was still registered to their home address in Scotland?

bod1467

No difference ... what matters (for keeper liability) is that the registered address of the keeper falls within the jurisdiction of the legislation being relied upon (namely POFA).

Scotto

Thanks to everyone. I will ignore as advised and await the inevitable further intimidating correspondence and ignore it also.

Iceweasel

Scotto wrote: »

Thanks to everyone. I will ignore as advised and await the inevitable further intimidating correspondence and ignore it also.

You will get a total of 5 or 6 letters at approx monthly intervals before they give up.

Reply in any way and they can continue for up to a year.