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Dart Charge PCN - still allowed to charge the toll fee ?
DIR By: dan-75
Date: April 6, 2024, 3:25 am
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Hello All,
Just received a standard PCN from Dart charge from an offence
dated 13th January! 3rd fine on this vehicle over the years
after debit cards become inactive
They are requesting the £35 plus the £3.00 charge.
Am I correct in that there are still no regs for them to be able
to charge for the £3.00 Road user charge?
Thanks to anyone who could answer that
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Re: Dart Charge PCN - still allowed to charge the toll fee ?
DIR By: slapdash
Date: April 6, 2024, 4:16 am
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A search should lead to the relevant case.
They are entitled to the charge if the charging order specifies
(dart may or may not), however the overarching regulations do
not allow it to be added to the penalty.
You may wish to post up a redacted copy of your pcn.
It is unlikely they will cancel and a trip to tribunal (at full
penalty) will be required.
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Re: Dart Charge PCN - still allowed to charge the toll fee ?
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: April 6, 2024, 1:34 pm
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Have a read of the attached file, being an adjudication in 2018
by the Chief Adjudicator, Caroline Sheppard, no less !
However, this is the key sentence, in the section Adjudicator's
Reasons: -
"There is no power in Regulation 7 for the PCN to require the
road user charge to be paid in
addition to the penalty charge."
And here is regulation 7 : -
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1783/regulation/7/made
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Re: Dart Charge PCN - still allowed to charge the toll fee ?
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: April 6, 2024, 5:33 pm
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I'm not aware of any changes being made to the regulations, the
relevant case is Luke Moran v Secretary of State for Transport
(IA01249-1803, 13 June 2018)
HTML https://drive.google.com/file/d/196wgUERzYDuZjwM9IEFYQwN0jD_jlcDD/view
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