The grounds for review are as follows. If your council does not let you appeal the charge certificate, and the penalty is not paid within 14 days of the charge certificate being served, the council can apply to the Traffic Enforcement Centre TEC at Northampton county court for an order to recover the penalty charge. Once you receive a charge certificate, the council has no legal duty to consider an appeal. It may still be worth contacting them if you feel there are particular circumstances they should take into account.
For example, if the charge certificate is the first you have heard about the penalty, or there is a good reason why you have been unable to appeal before. The order for recovery should tell you the date you must return your completed witness statement by. You can object after 21 days or ask for more time, but you must have good reasons.
Your reasons should not be those you are using to dispute the penalty itself. Your reasons should explain why you need more time, or why your application is late. On the witness statement TE9 , you can only use the following grounds to object. You may use more than one as long as the penalty was not issued by a London council. The council should have sent you the witness statement form, but if not, you can get a copy from the court service.
Go to www. If you have used ground one, the charge certificate, order for recovery and the notice to owner will be cancelled. This does not mean the penalty itself is cancelled. The council may decide to issue a new notice to owner. They will then decide what action to take. If you have asked the TEC to accept a witness statement after the 21 day time limit has passed, they will first decide if the application uses valid grounds.
If they are valid, TEC will then send the application to the council. The council has 19 working days to decide whether to accept the late witness statement or not. If it is accepted, and the witness statement is correct, the order for recovery is cancelled. The penalty still exists and it is up to the council to decide what action to take next.
If the council does not accept the late witness statement, it is passed to a court officer. They will make an independent decision about whether to accept the late witness statement.
What if I do nothing? If you do not send back a completed witness statement or ask for more time, the charge will be enforced.
See the later section How is the charge enforced? If the court officer rejects your application to file a late witness statement, you can ask for this decision to be reviewed. If the TEC accepts your application, it will transfer the case to your local county court hearing centre for a hearing with a District Judge. There will normally be a fee to pay to make this application. Instructing bailiffs is the most common type of enforcement for parking penalty debts. Before bailiffs can be used, the court must have sent you the order for recovery.
The 21 day time limit on the order for recovery must have run out. Also, the bailiffs must give you seven clear days' notice that they are due to visit you. This is often known as the 'enforcement notice'. If bailiffs have already been instructed, but you think you have grounds for appeal, you can ask to file a late witness statement. The council will have to suspend enforcement action whilst the TEC deals with your application. Bailiffs are also commonly known as enforcement agents.
In this fact sheet we use the term bailiff. If you need time to get debt advice and find a debt solution, you may want to consider applying for breathing space.
Breathing space will stop most types of enforcement, and also stop most creditors applying interest and charges, for 60 days. To find out more, see our Breathing space fact sheet. You do not have to let the bailiffs into your home. Bailiffs collecting a parking penalty debt are only allowed to force their way into your home if all three of the following points apply. Politely but firmly refuse to let the bailiffs in, without opening the door to them.
Offer what you can afford to pay. If the bailiffs accept your offer, ask them to return to their car and go out and pay them. Where it isn't, the police are responsible.
Read more about parking tickets issued by the police. Parking on private land is often managed by private companies that issue their own parking tickets. If you park on public land and don't follow the parking restrictions, you could have to pay a fine.
The rules about fines depend on the policy of the local council where you parked. Find your local council on mygov. Many local councils employ parking attendants to enforce parking rules. If you don't follow the rules, a parking attendant can give you a fine called a 'penalty charge notice'. This is a civil matter, not a criminal offence.
If you've parked illegally, a parking attendant can give you a penalty charge notice. The attendant must give you the notice or fix it to your vehicle. There's no time limit for how long after an infringement a local council can issue a penalty charge notice.
If you accept you parked illegally, you can pay the amount the notice asks for. The notice will tell you how and when to pay. If you've lost the penalty charge notice, phone your local council and give them your car number plate. They should be able to tell you how to pay. You must: explain your reasons for challenging the PCN in as much detail as possible provide copies of any evidence or documents to support your challenge You will not have to pay the fine if your representation is accepted.
The back of the ticket will tell you how to do this. Challenging a standard or excess charge notice Check the ticket or contact the ticket issuer for: ways to challenge what you can do if your challenge is rejected Challenging a ticket from a private company Check the ticket to find out who the issuer is.
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When submitting your appeal you should send in copies of any supporting evidence even if you are unsure of its relevance — the adjudicator may find it important. If you are submitting a late appeal you will need to explain why, so that the adjudicator can decide whether to accept it.
If you have any questions regarding appealing contact either the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service or the council that issued the PCN. The Charge Certificate. The council may issue a Charge Certificate after 14 days where an appeal to the adjudicator has been withdrawn. The Charge Certificate tells the vehicle owner that the penalty charge has increased by 50 per cent and that action will be taken to recover the amount due through the County Court if it is not paid within 14 days.
The registration of debt. If the penalty charge has not been paid 14 days after the Charge Certificate has been issued, the council may apply to the Traffic Enforcement Centre at Northampton County Court to recover the charge as if it were payable under a county court order.
Once this has been registered, the council will send you an Order for Recovery of the unpaid penalty charge and will enclose a Witness Statement form. Once the Order for Recovery has been received you will have 21 days to either pay the outstanding amount in full or send a Witness Statement to the Traffic Enforcement Centre detailing why the penalty charge should not be paid, and that the registration of the unpaid penalty charge should be revoked.
Warrant of Execution. If you do not pay the penalty charge after the Order for Recovery has been issued, or you have failed to complete the Witness Statement within 21 days, the council may apply to the Traffic Enforcement Centre for authority to prepare a Warrant of Execution.
This authorises the council to recover unpaid parking penalties using bailiffs. Home Services Parking services Parking advice for members of the public Understanding parking penalties. Do not ignore PCNs They may carry extra penalties if not paid or contested promptly. PCN number — please quote this on all correspondence Vehicle details — please check that the vehicle registration is correct.
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