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Please post up the text of your "formal representation" that you submitted via email on the 14th Dec.
What email address did you send it to.

The NTO that you have posted says that you need to use their website and a security code to submit representations. I don't see any postal or email address on the NTO. Are there any provided?

However the email response from the council does refer to your "representation" several times and also gives you a deadline of the 27th Jab to pay at the discount rate of £65. And sure enough the amount outstanding on the Council site yesterday was £64.

I don’t think many others would response to this forum, seeing as though you’re the only that seems to be helping. In that case, perhaps it’d be better to er on the side of caution and appeal to the independent adjudicator immediately? I don’t really want this charge to rack up any further and bring any more headache down the line. However I have no problem drafting a witness statement if required and can do this myself. Please do let me know what you think. Thank you.

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Is there anmything you don't understand?

If you wait for the Order for Recovery then you can submit, to the Traffic Enforcement Centre at Northampton County Court, the Witness Statement that will be included. You can use the ground of non-receipt of the Notice of Rejection to your formal representation. Do it within the time limit and the TEC will order the OfR revoked and the CC cancelled, so you'll be back to a liability of £130. The case will be referred to the Adjudicator for direction on how to proceed. Likely the case will be heard as an appeal. Since there doesn't seem to be a properly formatted NoR I would expect the Adjudicator to uphold your appeal and you would have nothing to pay. There are several other procedural mistakes especially the serving of the Charge Cert before they were allowed to.

But if you lose you would be liable for £129. Right now it looks you can close the case for £64.

Stick with the process and there won't be any bailiff enforcement.

The key issue for the Adjudicator will be whether or not a formal representation was submitted and delivered to the Council on or before the 13th of Jan. On the one hand the answer seems to be yes as you have an email confirming they received a representation. On the other hand it may be that you did not submit in the manner specified on the NTO.

"I submitted the representation via the Council website and was given a code in return for my appeal. I have a screenshot of this. I no longer have the full text for my full representation, however, I used the following for the main body of my Grounds of Appeal."

Please post up the "screenshot"? Blank out your name and address and leave the rest visible. And please let's see the email or letter with the code "for my appeal". Or was that another screenshot?

It seems as though, even though the council are in the wrong here, to just pay the £64, which would give me a peace of mind.

Stupid.
Why would you do that? Nothig is difficult in your case.

Payment potentially cause many others to suffer as Newham thinknthey can get away with it.

This is very helpful. Thank you very much. I’m now considering this process.

I didn’t say you can’t comment, just said I’d rather you not seeing as though you were being obnoxious, and rightly so since now you’ve decided to contribute by attaching the step-by-step process (which mind you, has already been posted by a helpful member, John B a few days ago).

I’m not sure why it’s infuriated you when I’ve told you the reasoning for paying the PCN would give me a peace of mind. I highlighted that this was due to not wanting bailiffs turning up on my doorstep, but rather, you dismissed it as ‘stupid’. Why on earth would I ask for your assistance after that?

Anyways, thank you for providing your input on the best way to move forward. That I appreciate.  I’ll make up my mind towards the end of the week and see if I want to pay the PCN or if I want to go forward with the appeal.

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