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       #Post#: 5312--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: ivanleo
       Date: September 17, 2023, 12:50 pm
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       --- Quote from: Norman83 link ---
       >
       > Hi quick update - I'm filling out the PE3 form, and this is
       what I've put in the appeal box.
       >
       > I'm aware that this form is more for the fact that I didn't
       get the PCN in time to make an appeal, but I thought it was
       worth adding my appeal info for the original contravention.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       No! Do not do that!
       If you add anything into the reasons box, TEC will simply reject
       the form as being improperly completed. Also TEC do not give a
       damn about the merits of the PCN, they don't care as it's
       nothing to do with them whether the PCN is upheld or not.
       The debt is still showing as £195 on the council website, so you
       can't send form PE3 to TEC as it will simply get rejected, and
       then you'll end up having to do it again.
       Please follow the advice given and simply tick the box to say
       you didn't get the original PCN.
       Unless / until the amount due goes up to £204, you don't need to
       do anything. If you want to double-check whether the debt is
       registered with TEC, you can ring them to find out, their
       contact details are here:
  HTML https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/traffic-enforcement-centre-tec<br
       />
       You'll need to make an appointment with your local county court
       to get the form sworn, do not sign it at home (if you do, you'll
       just be told to fill it in again).
       #Post#: 6026--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: Norman83
       Date: September 25, 2023, 7:03 am
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       Hi all, I'm still waiting for the charge to increase to £204,
       and I just went to the Hackney page to check in on the status of
       the charge.
       Unexpectedly, I found this on the charge page... the charge is
       now listed as £65, and it says the payment will go up to £130 on
       9th October.
  HTML https://imgur.com/a/46Uj1KZ
       This is weird! Some glitch in the system?? I refreshed /
       re-entered the details again to be sure, and it's still showing
       as £65.
       Wondering what do do. Is this an opportunity to just go ahead
       and pay the charge at £65?
       #Post#: 6037--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: NightSoul
       Date: September 25, 2023, 9:52 am
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       Do not pay anyone offering to do your PE forms.
       #Post#: 6124--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: Norman83
       Date: September 26, 2023, 12:10 pm
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       OK so this would explain it... I received a letter today to my
       current address, with the same PCN as before.
       It has given me 14 days since date of letter (22 sept) to pay at
       the reduced £65 rate.
       So it looks like there is some kind of address-checking system
       at play, and having found an updated address, they have reset
       the clock and sent it to my current address.
       Unexpected but there we go.  :D
       Does anyone think I have A good chance at disputing the PCN?
       For the reasons below... My principles say I should dispute, but
       I would appreciate anyone's opinion on likelihood of a 'win'
       before I put any more time into it.
       Many thanks
       ------------------------------
       (apologies for the caps)
       ON THE DATE OF THE CONTRAVENTION, I DROVE FROM MY HOME IN
       BRISTOL TO A JOB IN LONDON.
       ON ARRIVAL AFTER A 2.5 HOUR JOURNEY I SAW THAT THERE WAS A SOME
       KIND OF ‘NO ENTRY TO TRAFFIC’ SIGN TO BOUVERIE ROAD, WHERE MY
       JOB WAS LOCATED.
       IN ORDER TO AVOID THIS I DROVE DOWN STOKE NEWINGTON CHURCH
       STREET TRYING TO FIND A ROUTE TO ENTER BOUVERIE ROAD FROM THE
       OTHER END (GRAYLING ROAD). WHILST TRYING TO FIND THIS ROUTE I
       UNWITTINGLY DROVE THROUGH THIS OTHER SIGN AND WAS CAUGHT ON THE
       CAMERA. THIS REINFORCES MY BELIEF THAT IN LONDON, AS A DRIVER
       YOU HAVE A TARGET ON YOUR BACL AND WILL INEVITABLY BE CAUGHT FOR
       SOMETHING.
       IN SUMMARY, WHILST TRYING TO COMPLY WITH STRICTLY ENFORCED YET
       UNCLEAR RULES IN AN UNFAMILIAR NEIGHBOURHOOD, I GOT CAUGHT
       ANYWAY.
       I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN UNJUSTIFIED PUNISHMENT, AND FOR THIS
       REASON I WOULD LIKE THE CHARGE TO BE CANCELLED.
       #Post#: 6180--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: ivanleo
       Date: September 26, 2023, 6:03 pm
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       --- Quote from: Norman83 link ---
       >
       > OK so this would explain it... I received a letter today to my
       current address, with the same PCN as before.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Show us this document. It is almost certainly an unlawful
       document but unfortunately for whatever reason you seem to be
       believing everything the council tell you, hook line & sinker.
       Also please stop typing in all caps, you can use indent tags or
       italics or whatever else.
       #Post#: 6260--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: Norman83
       Date: September 28, 2023, 2:01 am
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       --- Quote from: cp8759 link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Norman83 link=topic=506.msg6124#msg6124
       date=1695748222]
       > OK so this would explain it... I received a letter today to my
       current address, with the same PCN as before.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Show us this document. It is almost certainly an unlawful
       document but unfortunately for whatever reason you seem to be
       believing everything the council tell you, hook line & sinker.
       Also please stop typing in all caps, you can use indent tags or
       italics or whatever else.
       [/quote]
       Hi - here is the link to the new PCN.
  HTML https://imgur.com/a/2AIZ81Q
       
       Is this document is unlawful, or should I not believe it? Please
       explain.
       The Caps was because I copied in from the PE3 form where I wrote
       it - form said I had to write in caps (would never normally
       write in caps)
       thanks
       #Post#: 6262--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: John U.K.
       Date: September 28, 2023, 2:35 am
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       You may wish to redact your name and address on the front page.
       #Post#: 6263--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: Neil B
       Date: September 28, 2023, 3:05 am
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       --- Quote from: Norman83 link ---
       >
       > Is this document is unlawful, or should I not believe it?
       Please explain.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       There is a 28 day limit on service of a pcn, beginning with the
       date of contravention.
       The alternative is if an earlier pcn has been cancelled by the
       court and you've told us you haven't even reached the stage of
       applying to the court.
       It is further unlawful because there is already an extant pcn
       which, as far as we know, hasn't been cancelled (by anyone).
       #Post#: 6400--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: ivanleo
       Date: September 29, 2023, 6:19 pm
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       This is going to be easy-peasy: the PCN is unlawful but remains
       valid unless and until it is either cancelled by the council or
       struck down by the tribunal. Therefore, make representations
       against it:
       [indent]
       Dear London Borough of Hackney,
       I challenge liability for PCN QZ14186291 because the penalty
       charge notice is quite blatantly out of time. I remind the
       authority that if it wishes to avail itself of any exemption to
       the primary limitation period, the burden of proving an
       exemption rests on the authority.
       Yours faithfully,
       [/indent]
       The council has basically shot itself in the foot by unlawfully
       reissuing the PCN, so we might as well take the easy win.
       #Post#: 7124--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hackney Council - PCN for LTN 52m prohibition, Stoke
       Newington Church St - Sent to old address
   DIR By: Norman83
       Date: October 10, 2023, 6:37 am
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       Thank you all for your responses- I've been away for 10 days on
       a very busy job, so catching up on things now.
       Here is the amended PCN with address removed.
  HTML https://imgur.com/a/7DGe16z
       
       Neil B - thanks for your draft letter of representation.
       In terms of making this representation- do I respond as the a)
       driver, b) keeper, or c) driver and keeper? (if it makes any
       difference)
       Also please take a look at this screen grab. Is there anything
       else you'd add?
       I've categorised my representation as 'other' on all options- I
       think that's correct.
       Do I need to add any supporting evidence, refer to the date of
       the new (unlawful) PCN or is short and sweet the key thing here?
  HTML https://imgur.com/a/p5azw0W
       
       thanks
       Chris
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