PoFA says NTK must specify date on which the notice is sent" but NTK says just 'Date' - is it legal?

TheWheelsOnTheBus

The PoFA 2012 Act says (section 4, 9(2)(i)) a NTK must "specify the date on which the notice is sent (where it is sent by post)". 

My postal NTK from UKPC has a Parking Charge Date (when the "offence" was committed), a Date, and (on the tear-off payment slip) a Parking Charge Issue Date. Do any of these fulfill the Act's requirement?

(My POPLA appeal was rejected; the NTK Date and the Parking Charge Issue Date are both the last possible date for the NTK to be delivered in the statutory time according to the Act - the NTK was actually delivered 2 days after the statutory time, but (of course) I can't prove delivery date, so I wondered if the NTK not explicitly specifying the date that the notice was sent would be sufficient for the charge to be dismissed if it came to court.)

Many thanks for your time answering queries.

Car1980

I suspect "issue(d)" would be regarded as having the same meaning as "sent".

TheWheelsOnTheBus

Yep, and therefore they wouldn't have to prove the date it was sent, even though I'd have to prove the date it was received.

I guess it's the same as the Act requiring a period of parking to be specified, and just a single time would be regarded as a (1-second) period.  

Looks like I'd better pay them rather than risk the chance of being fined more by a court in years to come.

Thanks!

Car1980

Woah. Don't pay the clowns.

UKPC do make court claims sometimes, but usually through DCB Legal who discontinue the claim.

Just ignore and defend any court claim. 

TheWheelsOnTheBus

I'd prefer not to pay them (!!) but if "issued" = "sent" and I can't prove that the NTK arrived late then I don't really see that I have any viable defense.

Gr1pr

Doesn't matter,  we will help you through it

Coupon-mad

TheWheelsOnTheBus said:

I'd prefer not to pay them (!!) but if "issued" = "sent" and I can't prove that the NTK arrived late then I don't really see that I have any viable defence.

Whaaaat? Stop! You don't PAY just because you lose at POPLA!

Have you missed the fact that nobody pays UKPC and nobody loses? All 'single PCN' DCB Legal/UKPC claims are discontinued. You could literally put in a nursery rhyme in para 3 of the Template Defence and you'd still see the case discontinued with no hearing.

Costs you NOTHING to defend a claim.

Please stop. If you don't believe us strangers, read the MSE Guide to parking tickets linked at the top of the page. It's the official guide and checked by Martin Lewis. And by me.

You will never pay a penny.

Please do the Public Consultation...

TheWheelsOnTheBus

OK, thanks.
So just file away the threatening letters without response and wait for a court summons some time in the next 6 years?

Gr1pr

There wont be a summons,  it's a civil matter 

File away any powerless debt collectors letters or texts , ignore the phone calls

Respond to any future Letter of Claim giving you 30 days notice , it would come in the post

Get our advice for any possible future N1SDT court claim pack from the CNBC in Northampton using MCOL,  a civil court claim pack of documents, that arrives in the post, so paperwork 

Coupon-mad

What 'summons'? There is no summons! It's only small claims. Tell them if you move house but that's obvious common sense, not parking related.

More urgent: A reminder this month to do the government's Public Consultation if you haven't done it yet.

Their proposals are wrong. We must stop them.

See this thread: -

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-8-weeks-from-11th-july-2025/p1

We need every poster to come back & complete this vital Consultation before the deadline! Just 2 weeks left but please don't rush it. You can do some then save it and come back to it as you have time.

We understand that you may need some pointers. It looks laborious, we get that.

I'm taking a closer look this week and we'll walk people through the questions, and tell you what I'm going to put and/or what sort of evidence you might wish to use for your response, if you agree with what we'll be saying from our experience.

I've covered up to question 20 already on that thread.

Whilst your answers must of course be your own, there are vital points to safeguard motorists interests to make, that many people may not think of without our guidance because we see cases every day and we know the legal background. There won't be a template - the survey is for you to reply in your words - but we'll help everyone with what to focus on.

TheWheelsOnTheBus

Gr1pr - I used "summons" as a general term, maybe should have said "claim", my bad. I don't give out a phone number, so if they phone me, that's a Data Protection issue.

Coupon-mad - that's a fair bit of reading for the consultation. Will go through it over the bank holiday.

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Thanks to you both. I'll be back in touch if an N1SDT ever arrives.