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I received the Order of Recovery on Saturday 18th and as I am going to be ticking the box that says that I made representations but didn't receive a rejection notice and the PE3 states underneath- My Reasons are (give full reasona)

Without a reason I am not sure why it would need to be signed off legally?

Ok thanks. Wasn't clear on the form.

Also council have already confirmed that they couldn't find my hand delivered representation and that it was lost in transit

So they acted unlawfully by sending out an Order for Recovery but had not actually registered the debt at TEC that permitted them to do so. Time for a complaint here to the head of the council. Havering their usual venal and rapacious selves as usual.

It's a joke. As well as sending the unregistered Order of Recovery they admit that my hand delivered appeal was lost in transit! 
Will be sending a complaint to Ray Morgon

So you received the OfR on 18th Jan but have since discovered that this had been sent in error by the council because they had not in fact registered the debt with TEC. Is this correct?

How did you find out e.g. were you informed by TEC? (once you've received an OfR further contact with the council is not required procedurally neither is it recommended).

A cautionary word...

It appears that the council deny receiving your representations(you used the term 'lost in transit' but is this just your take on matters or have the council accepted that you delivered representations which were then mislaid by them?). I thought that in an earlier post reference was made to the council's PCN progress system which included the entry NOR issued?

As I posted previously, the process does not revert to a new PCN but instead the authority must refer the matter to the adjudicator who, because of the particular SD grounds you've chosen(did not receive a NOR) will in all likelihood not automatically register the issue as an appeal but instead give directions to you and the authority to discover the whys and wherefores of your reps.
So, in parallel with submitting the SD, I suggest you see what evidence you have regarding submitting reps.

Edit - no notices in this process are sent by registered mail.

UPDATE 1 FEB 2025

I sent in an email complaint to Havering Council on 30 January regarding Traffic & Parking Control department, outlining the representation lost by them and the Order for Recovery sent to me which was not registered.

A reply was received the same day which said:

“A copy of your challenge sent to Miss Green on the ***10th January has been added to the case as a formal challenge and will be reviewed tomorrow.  A decision will be sent to you by email and post.

The TEC fee and surcharges have been removed and there is no need for a further Statutory Declaration to be made to the Traffic Enforcement Centre.

Please accept my apologies for the Order for Recovery being issued before being registered.”

*** this was an email where I enlisted the help of a local councilllor to obtain info on when I should receive communication on the Order for Recovery, given that it was almsot six months since the PCN

Today, by post I received, a Notice of Rejection of Formal Representations, attaching a Notice of Appeal which I had added to my One Drive : https://1drv.ms/b/c/ff2efe087033259f/EV47H4w0IN1MoXAKQdczhf4BGoBg9bD4l0skGL3TNHInbA?e=S4zJsH

Now unsure what the next steps are as I appear to be starting over again!!

I'm also away at the end of the week so anything which needs dealing with in 14 days I don't have time

I am representing another member re a 2003 Act alleged contravention. This person has not been offered the discount in the NOR. Therefore, I am somewhat justly aggrieved - pi$$ed off as the famous Bogsy from pepipoo would say.

The time is approaching when I want to go to The Strand with some locus standi. This outfit is quite appalling.