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       #Post#: 127761--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bus lane PCN Southwark Council
   DIR By: ILoveCats123
       Date: August 13, 2026, 4:29 pm
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       Okay we’ll submit reps without mentioning the delay in serving
       the EN.
       Once we can figure it out, we can deal with that part at LT.
       Sound good?
       #Post#: 127763--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bus lane PCN Southwark Council
   DIR By: fraser.mitchell
       Date: August 13, 2026, 5:14 pm
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       --- Quote from: Hippocrates link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Incandescent link=topic=9128.msg127742#msg127742
       date=1786644264]
       > The CHief Adjudicator has made it clear to councils that
       delays of over 3 months to do anything in the enforcement
       process is grounds for cancellation, unless very good reasons
       are submitted.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Where please?
       [/quote]
       I read about this somewhere some time ago,  and was quite sure
       it is fact, but it is not in the Practice Directions, so can
       only assume it is in private correspondence from Mr Chan. I
       believe it is in an adjudication somewhere as a fairness issue.
       Sorry cannot be more definite. Maybe Ivan knows more. However,
       there is a case in the Key Cases listing where delay is
       explored. This is under the old 1991 legislation. The case here
       is 1998 when it was PATAS
  HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/sites/default/files/keycases/Davis41.pdf
       #Post#: 127765--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bus lane PCN Southwark Council
   DIR By: fraser.mitchell
       Date: August 13, 2026, 5:26 pm
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       I continued to dig around and things like this tend to be
       buried, but in the process for Bus Lane PCNs, it is stated that
       councils should normally respond to reps against an EN within
       three months.
       I confess that there is no stricture against service of the EN
       itself.
  HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/bus-lane-pcn-enforcement-process#en
       However, it is clear that delays in enforcement is an issue that
       has been around since the 90s. Would a London Tribunals
       adjudicator be happy if the EN was served a year later ? Surely
       not.
       #Post#: 127768--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Bus lane PCN Southwark Council
   DIR By: Hippocrates
       Date: August 13, 2026, 6:21 pm
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       --- Quote from: Incandescent link ---
       >
       > I continued to dig around and things like this tend to be
       buried, but in the process for Bus Lane PCNs, it is stated that
       councils should normally respond to reps against an EN within
       three months.
       > I confess that there is no stricture against service of the EN
       itself.
       >
       >
  HTML https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/bus-lane-pcn-enforcement-process#en
       >
       > However, it is clear that delays in enforcement is an issue
       that has been around since the 90s. Would a London Tribunals
       adjudicator be happy if the EN was served a year later ? Surely
       not.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       We can raise this later.  Just got back from the visit to the
       local as too hot to go out during the day.  Quite close to the
       infamous YBJ in Kingston Road.  ;D
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       Re: Bus lane PCN Southwark Council
   DIR By: Hippocrates
       Date: August 14, 2026, 7:10 am
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       The issue is further compounded by the fact that the law does
       not even state that an informal challenge needs to be considered
       but nearly all councils in London do.
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