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@cp8759 I don't do anything now without advice from this forum. Once the CC's increase to £279 each I'll seek advice about the wording for the statutory declaration. Thanks again for everything.

Funny you should mention the CAZ scheme. In January (so a couple of months after I had received the original PCNs) I drove to Bath. On the outskirts I noticed a sign for the Clean Air Zone and so immediately after I had parked I went on-line ready to pay a charge but the only areas that came up were Birmingham or Bristol. Further research confirmed I didn't have to pay a charge but it is very confusing. All I can do is check before I travel if I know I am going through a major city. I only ever really do this when I visit my son in Brighton but I am certainly more cautious now. I also have family in Manchester so will need to check there too although Greater Manchester states "under review" for the charge.

I did check my vehicle for the CAZ scheme using the link you kindly posted and it is not compliant.

I have attached the original letters, sent to TfL directly after I received the PCNs in November. These are the letters TfL denied receiving.

The last time I can check the PCNs / OfRs is Friday but after this I won't be able to get to Yeovil court until 14th or 15th May - still within the 21 days even if the OfRs are issued whilst I am away next week.

Thank you again

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Having returned from a week away I have checked the status of the PCNs and they have progressed as follows:-

13/5    Debt Registration Accepted

13/5    Notice of Debt Registration Issued

I understand now that I have to make a statutory declaration at my local County Court (Yeovil).

Do you have any advice as to the wording I should include in the SD? I won't do anything until I have heard back from the forum.

Many thanks

@Little Nell for a statutory declaration made in-time, you don't need to add any wording at all, you just tick the box and that's that.

If you want to be 100% sure the form is correct you can upload a redacted version on here and we'll check it for you.

Yes the forms looks fine, and you are correct that you must not sign the forms yet. The court officer needs to watch you sign the forms in from of him.

Yes the fee recently increased to £10. Don't know when exactly, it doesn't seem to have been well publicised.

Just to be clear. You are not making statutory declarations at Yeovil County Court. You are having your SD applications witnessed so that you can submit them to the Traffic Enforcement Centre at Northampton County Court. You can also have them witnessed by a solicitor. They'll charge £5-£10 for each. Some bigger employers have a tame in-house solicitor, they might do it for free for employees.

Once the completed forms are witnessed then you can email them to the TEC, the email address is on the form. Safer than Royal Mail. Scan to PDF or JPEG and attach to the email. I suggest two emails, one for each form. Put something like Statutory Declaration submission attached and the PCN reference number in the subject line. You should get an automatic acknowledgement email from the TEC for each submission.

Just to be clear, once the SD is signed, I just email them separately to Tec? This is not the stage where I submit evidence to try and demonstrate that I did submit the original appeals on time?

That's correct, you don't need to demonstrate anything at this stage. That will come later on when the case is referred to the tribunal. All you need to do is email the completed forms to the TEC mailbox.

@cp8759 @Incandescent @Enceladus

I went to Yeovil Court yesterday where the SDs were signed by me and the officer. They have been scanned today and emailed to tec@justice.gov.uk. I sent a separate email for each PCN / SD and I have received two acknowledgements from TEC.

The acknowledgement from TEC seems to suggest that they have a backlog. Should I perhaps, as belt and braces, send the signed SD's in the post by "signed for" mail? I could enclose a letter to confirm that I had already submitted the SDs via email so that there is no chance of the SDs being considered twice?

Your advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks