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Company Car - NIP not received
By: stevejones172 Date: August 15, 2025, 10:44 am
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Hi all
I wonder if you can offer some advice please
My company informed me that my lease company had received a NIP
for my company car 5 months ago
The lease company tell me that they replied to the NIP providing
my name and address
5 months later though I have not received the NIP from the
police. I've double checked with the lease company and they are
adamant that they have provided the correct address
I have read some articles where people have received 6 points
for not replying to a NIP even though it was sent to the wrong
address
The lease company advised me to just wait
Is it my responsibility to contact the police to see where it
is?
Or can it take several months for them to issue the NIP to the
named driver?
Thanks for any advice at all
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Re: Company Car - NIP not received
By: andy_foster Date: August 15, 2025, 10:59 am
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There's a bloke works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis.
I would variously question the veracity of these "articles"
you've allegedly been reading, or the veracity of your reporting
of them.
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Re: Company Car - NIP not received
By: JustLoveCars Date: August 15, 2025, 11:20 am
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[quote author=stevejones172 link=topic=7683.msg85813#msg85813
date=1755272694]
Is it my responsibility to contact the police to see where it
is?
[/quote]
There is no legal responsibility but I get the curiosity.
[quote author=stevejones172 link=topic=7683.msg85813#msg85813
date=1755272694]
Or can it take several months for them to issue the NIP to the
named driver?
[/quote]
Usually weeks, not months. Given they have 6 months to
prosecute the underlying offence it would be monumentally stupid
for them to wait so long (but it does happen).
Arguably there's nothing to be lost in trying to contact them
(Although there's an extremely slim chance they do have time to
get a s172 to you and prosecute depending on the exact dates).
But as you don't have any paperwork that may be a challenge -
although Googling the local safety camera unit may produce
something.
There's little point commenting further without knowing the hand
you've been dealt.
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Re: Company Car - NIP not received
By: 3phase Date: August 15, 2025, 3:38 pm
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I'd wait until the 6 months are up from offence date before
contacting the camera unit.
Purely speculative but two options may have happened & someone
somewhere will likely be prosecuted for an FTP charge as the
process seems to have started.
1) Lease Co. reply nominating you was never received back to the
camera unit - Lease Co. are then on the hook for the offence -
they may not even know it.
2) Your own S.172 never reached you for whatever admin or
logistical reasons. You will then have a possible defence but
will need to attend court to ask to be sentenced for the
original underlying offence rather than the more serious 6
points for FTP.
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Re: Company Car - NIP not received
By: NewJudge Date: August 15, 2025, 4:46 pm
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[quote]You will then have a possible defence but will need to
attend court to ask to be sentenced for the original underlying
offence rather than the more serious 6 points for FTP.[/quote]
Or perhaps defend the FtP charge on the basis that the request
was never received - especially if the lease company gave an
incorrect address.
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Re: Company Car - NIP not received
By: 3phase Date: August 15, 2025, 5:00 pm
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Of course - yes - very true NJ - that would be the best option
too if all the paperwork shows the lease co. is at fault & no
need to even plead to the underlying offence.
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