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PCN in Council car park, ticket machine printed incorrectly
Ivrytwr3
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Wifey parked in a local council car park for work. She paid for a ticket but the machine did not print the first 3 parts of the registration number ie should be AA11AAA, but printed 1AAA (make sense?!)
She looked for the ticket guy, couldn't be found and so she left the ticket and a note on her dashboard explaining what had happened and went and did her thing. Came back and found she had received a PCN for not displaying a valid ticket.
Now she has only just told me this AFTER she has gone onto the council website to challenge the ticket explaining that the machine was faulty.
Is what she has done correct? As it's a council issued ticket, should we just pay the fine before they double it?
Thanks all,
She looked for the ticket guy, couldn't be found and so she left the ticket and a note on her dashboard explaining what had happened and went and did her thing. Came back and found she had received a PCN for not displaying a valid ticket.
Now she has only just told me this AFTER she has gone onto the council website to challenge the ticket explaining that the machine was faulty.
Is what she has done correct? As it's a council issued ticket, should we just pay the fine before they double it?
Thanks all,
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As this forum deals with parking charges from unregulated private parking companies, you would be better off posting your question about an authority issued Penalty Charge Notice here: Free Traffic Legal Advice, specifically in the "Civil penalty charge notices" forum.2
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