Send in reps today. Unsuccessful reps submitted within the 14-day discount would attract a further 14 days to pay the discount once you receive their response.
It is a no-risk move to submit reps today online as instructed in the PCN.
Dear Sir,
***all the PCN and VRM preamble...
I make representations on the following grounds:
The contravention did not occur.
As the authority will see from their evidence (the CEO's photos) the restriction in effect is given in the traffic sign which states:
Pay by phone
or Text
or Pay at the machine and display ticket.
Clearly, displaying a ticket is an optional matter for a motorist and therefore the contravention grounds of 'Parked without displaying a ..ticket or voucher' cannot be correct or even permissible contravention grounds because, among other matters, they deny the owner the defence of having purchased parking rights By Phone or Text.
Contravention grounds must be correct and comprehensive in order to alert an owner to their possible applicable defences.
If the authority believes that use of these grounds where payment By Phone or by Text or by purchasing and displaying a ticket are valid then they must explain the legal basis for this assertion when London Councils' Schedule of Contravention Descriptions already lists the correct grounds i.e. Parked without payment of the parking charge.
Wait for others but don't miss the deadline of today.
