6 year debt

peter_the_piper

I'm intrigued that PPC's have 6 years to chase up an old invoice/ticket. If the government wants to make ppc's more like councils then they should give them the same time scales to chase the alleged debt and not the 6 years they currently have. This would stop the likes of CEL and others dredging up old invoices.

GingerBob_3

peter_the_piper wrote: »

I'm intrigued that PPC's have 6 years to chase up an old invoice/ticket. If the government wants to make ppc's more like councils then they should give them the same time scales to chase the alleged debt and not the 6 years they currently have. This would stop the likes of CEL and others dredging up old invoices.

Do they? Is that policy - written or unwritten? I sincerely hope it isn't.

peter_the_piper

Why not????

bazster

Because if there's one thing worse than a scam it's a scam with statutory backing!

peter_the_piper

No, I did not mean statutory at all, sorry if it looked as if I did. I was just musing that councils have 14 days to do this, 28 days to do that and if they do not do it within these time scales then its dead. Its these 3/4/5 year old, forgotten ticket court cases that get my goat. Councils can't so why should they be able to.

ColliesCarer

Because the PPC's are issuing claims for unpaid invoices under civil law

peter_the_piper

I know, hencey suggestion that they should have the same terms as councils with timing.

Herzlos

Why? Whilst they are pretending to be like council parking operations, that's where the similarity ends.

I guess the government could enforce something to get the PPC's to attempt enforce sooner but I don't think it'd make any difference. What they need to do is force the PPC's to adhere to their trade body Code Of Practice and the law.