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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: Lemonade100 on June 15, 2024, 10:17:06 pm
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As advised - your son does nothing.
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Thank you, and the swift response is hugely appreciated! :)
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The good news is that you're right, the Council are not allowed to reissue it. My advice (and other more experienced posters may be along later to improve on it) is to do nothing at all, but make sure you hang on to the PCN as you may need it as evidence. The Council minions might either not be as well informed as you are, or may just try it on in the hope that you don't know the rules, and that misprinted PCN is your son's get out of jail free card if the case ever gets as far as an adjudicator.
I expect the council will get to the stage of trying to sending an NTO to the registered keeper of BO59BLX and will at that point discover their mistake and you'll hear no more about it (although the Warden who messed up and cost them £70 might be hearing more about it). If not, come back here with any documents your son is sent and we'll be able to navigate the process for you.
As for the life lesson your son should learn from all of this...
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My son found a Penalty Charge Notice on his windscreen yesterday. Issued by Surrey County Council. Code 02 - Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street. The issuing officer has put the wrong registration on the PCN. The officer has taken photographs and when my son logs into the Surrey County Council website using the incorrect number plate (i.e. not his, the one entered on the PCN)to see the PCN, it is registered under the wrong number plate number (in order to see it he has to enter the PCN number and the wrong plate number, not his registration BK59BLX). When he logs in, he can see photographs of his car with the correct number plate on it, but the PCN itself against the wrong number plate BO59BLX.
BO59BLX is not found when I enter it onto the Gov MOT check website, so I'm assuming there is no BO59BLX.
He was parked on double yellow lines so he was in the wrong, however, having looked at other posts online, am I correct in thinking that the Council are not able to re issue a PCN if the original details like registration number were input incorrectly?
Does he pay it, contact the Council directly, appeal online or ignore it?
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