Missed appeal date

dashcamnewbie

Hi all,
Sorry to start a new thread, no doubt this question has been asked and answered before.
The registered keeper received formal demand letter from UKCPM in regards to a parking ticket that was apparently issued on the day of the contravention (I say apparently because the driver was not issued with a windscreen ticket). Unfortunately the registered keeper forgot to appeal the ticket within the 28 days and has now received a debt recovery letter. Can anyone please advise what to do now?
Also, does/would it have made any difference if the time the ticket was apparently issued was a good half hour after the time stamp on the pictures showing the contravention and long after the driver had already left?
Thank you in advance for your help

pogofish

The Newbies Sticky covers this fully - What you need to do now is read-up on it fully so you are ready to act if the PPC decides to take it further.

Redx

dashcamnewbie wrote: »

Hi all,
Sorry to start a new thread, no doubt this question has been asked and answered before.
The registered keeper received formal demand letter from UKCPM in regards to a parking ticket that was apparently issued on the day of the contravention (I say apparently because the driver was not issued with a windscreen ticket).



1) Unfortunately the registered keeper forgot to appeal the ticket within the 28 days and has now received a debt recovery letter. Can anyone please advise what to do now?



2) Also, does/would it have made any difference if the time the ticket was apparently issued was a good half hour after the time stamp on the pictures showing the contravention and long after the driver had already left?


Thank you in advance for your help

1) read post #4 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread, 3rd thread down from the top of the forum


2) only a judge can decide on that aspect of law, if it gets as far as a court case

KeithP

The PPC has up to six months following the incident to issue a Notice to Keeper, so issuing it thirty minutes after the incident is ok.

dashcamnewbie

KeithP wrote: »

The PPC has up to six months following the incident to issue a Notice to Keeper, so issuing it thirty minutes after the incident is ok.

Thanks for the info KeithP. Just to clarify though, is it ok for the ticket itself to be issued half an hour after the images showing the contravention taking place? The driver had already left long before the time that the ticket was supposedly issued so they couldn't have placed it on the windscreen. Thanks

dashcamnewbie

Redx wrote: »

1) read post #4 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread, 3rd thread down from the top of the forum


2) only a judge can decide on that aspect of law, if it gets as far as a court case

Great, thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Much appreciated

dashcamnewbie

pogofish wrote: »

The Newbies Sticky covers this fully - What you need to do now is read-up on it fully so you are ready to act if the PPC decides to take it further.

I thought it had probably been covered somewhere already . Thanks for the info

KeithP

dashcamnewbie wrote: »

Thanks for the info KeithP. Just to clarify though, is it ok for the ticket itself to be issued half an hour after the images showing the contravention taking place? The driver had already left long before the time that the ticket was supposedly issued so they couldn't have placed it on the windscreen. Thanks

Yes. As I said, they have up to six months to get the ticket to you.

I cannot imagine there is any particular restriction the states when in that six months the ticket has actually to be produced. For example, they could all sit in a computer and once a month someone hit the 'print' button to print all those collected over the last month*.




*if they wished. I don't know why they might do that.