The next letter. A real muddle full of neuro linguistic spin, even they are spinning themselves out of orbit..

Penalty Charge Notice : CU02132933

Date Issued :25/04/2006 at 16:45

Location of Contravention :PLENDER STREET

Vehicle Registration : E??????????

Anthony H Winter

Dear Mr Winter

We have received a cheque for £100.00 in respect of the above Penalty Charge Notice. I note from our records that my colleague, Mr Leask, has written to you explaining why we are continuing with the enforcement of the Penalty Charge Notice.

[How very nice] Keep an eye on the blue highlights from here on.

The letter you included with your cheque indicates that you intend contesting the matter further, and I am therefore unable to accept payment.

The process of appeal is set down in the Road Traffic Act; as an authority we are legally obliged to follow this procedure. The process is set in motion by the authority sending a Notice to Owner to the registered keeper of the vehicle. This explains the grounds on which formal representations can be made against the Penalty Charge Notice. However, if we accept payment of £100.00, the case automatically updates to show the case as fully paid and closed. This means that a Notice to Owner cannot be issued to the Registered Keeper.

PAUSE THEIR MOROCCO (Merchant of Venice) HANG ON ...... Am I getting muddled up OR are they muddled up, trying hard to muddle ME up....... WORK IT OUT.

the authority sending a Notice to Owner to the registered keeper of the vehicle
This means that a Notice to Owner cannot be issued to the Registered Keeper.

I GIVE UP. You try it out.

I am therefore returning your cheque to keep the case open. Should you wish to dispute the Penalty Charge Notice further, I would advise you to wait for the Notice to Owner to be issued to the registered keeper.

If, after receiving your representations, we decide to continue with the enforcement of the Notice then the registered keeper can make an appeal to the Parking and Traffic Appeal Service. At such time you will be provided with the necessary documentation to allow you to do so. An Adjudicator, who is an experienced lawyer, independent of the Council, and who constitutes a tribunal under the RTA 1991 will then hear the case. The Adjudicator's decision is binding in a court of law.

Alternatively, you can settle the matter now by paying the outstanding charge without appealing, as explained in Mr Leask's.

Yours sincerely

Alison Gallagher

Assistant Correspondence Officer

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