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The Notice of Enforcement was addressed to the Company Secretary as it is a company Lease vehicle and I am the registered keeper. The address was send to the Accountant address for the company communication. Though the address was requested for update earlier year to the vehicle finance company.


Yes I am the Registered keeper of the vehicle and I was not informed of any PCN or notices at the company address or Accountants address) ..I just received the letter yesterday .

I very much doubt that you are the 'registered keeper'. In fact, I suspect you are well down the legal liability tree:

Vehicle finance company;
Your company/employer(vehicle lessee);
You(e.g. authorised driver, officer of the company etc).

Anyway, what happens next?

If the debt is not paid(by anyone, even you) then bailiffs may attend the address of the legal entity named on the NoE and SEIZE goods.

Not something you particularly want to happen, do you.

IMO, having regard to what appears to be the pass-the-parcel approach of your company and that the payment deadline on the NoE has passed I suggest you PAY the debt and argue* the toss afterwards.

*- remember that if you are not named on the NoE then without written authorisation of the person who is they MAY NOT deal with you because you are a legal stranger to these proceedings. NEITHER will the Traffic Enforcement Centre, so don't bother with any submission unless you have the addressee's permission in writing.

Hi Enceladus,
Please find my response and the latest image(no vehicle redaction- Just company name/address)  at https://imgur.com/a/XEPB8A7

1. Vehicle Registration- WN74ZTL.

2. Is the Notice of Enforcement addressed to you at your address? Or might it be addressed to a company? Or perhaps a lease company?
The Notice of Enforcement was addressed to the Company Secretary as it is a company Lease vehicle and I am the registered keeper. The address was send to the Accountant address for the company communication. Though the address was requested for update earlier year to the vehicle finance company.


3.The PCN and subsequent notices would have been sent (served) to the person or entity at the address held by the DVLA as being the Registered Keeper at the time of contravention. The RK is presumed to be the owner of the vehicle and is liable for the penalty. Are you the RK?

Yes I am the Registered keeper of the vehicle and I was not informed of any PCN or notices at the company address or Accountants address) ..I just received the letter yesterday .

I emailed DART (who were also called in April for non charge ) who responded the below

To challenge the issue of an Order for Recovery you must file a witness statement with the Traffic Enforcement Centre (TEC). To do this, fully complete and submit a TE9 form for each individual PCN.
 
Once you have completed the form, save the changes and send an email with the completed form to tec@justice.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can send it by post to Traffic Enforcement Centre, County Court Business Centre, St. Katharine's House, 21 – 27 St. Katharine's Street, Northampton, NN1 2LH.


 

What is the vehicle reg?

Is the Notice of Enforcement addressed to you at your address? Or might it be addressed to a company? Or perhaps a lease company?

I ask because you seem to be missing most of the statutory notices. The postal PCN, Charge Certificate and the the Order for Recovery. So where did they go to?

The PCN and subsequent notices would have been sent (served) to the person or entity at the address held by the DVLA as being the Registered Keeper at the time of contravention. The RK is presumed to be the owner of the vehicle and is liable for the penalty. Are you the RK?

Do you know the date of the original PCN?

The DART people are normally pretty good at cancelling PCNs for a first offence. They also had problems with collecting the charges in the past. Might the failure to pay the charge have happened before you set up the auto-pay?

Hi All,
I received a letter from Bristow&Sutor today(26/09/2025) with a payment deadline via my accountancy address on 23/09/2025 . It states about National Highway DART payment due .However I already have a direct Debit for my Car in the DART portal since April .
It mentions warrant is issued dated 25th July and 1st Compliance stage fee as 75£ adding to 117£ debt and total to 192.50£ .There are no details on the day of the issue and appeal..Just a letter to pay or DebtManagement will visit to confiscate the belongings.

Can you please guide what needs to be done here ?

The link for the pdf is herein-

https://imgur.com/a/Dj2Qhbs
https://1drv.ms/b/c/8af311400893ecfb/EbBGCp1AwC9CueV9Sz4Uvd0B16PJb67rW2HYjS1ej9-9Vg?e=iAFZFR