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Getting to a court with my work timings was proving problematic.

I did however manage to get it signed, witnessed and stamped at a solicitors.

PE3 then scanned and sent to TEC/Northampton via the email address supplied with the form.

I will also likely send the hard copy on via postal service.

Quote from: Secret_Squirrel1970 on July 12, 2024, 07:26:49 am

Is is the PE3 I fill in, any specific wording? Or is there some other arcane form I need to download too?

Nothing at all. You only need to tick the appropriate box.

You will need to get the form sworn/witnessed, free at your local county court (by appointment)
or circa £8 at a solicitor.

Don't take too long, TEC have processing delays at the moment.

Does it need to be my local court as going by my address... ?
I am working away next week and can get to the court there, but wont be able to have it done at my local court.

Failing that suppose a solicitors will do then.

Quote from: Secret_Squirrel1970 on July 05, 2024, 08:56:33 pm

Have now, finally, many months later - received an OFR in relation to this, it has now been 'logged' at Northampton and the amount gone up to £205 from the £195.

@Secret_Squirrel1970 you must now follow the instructions in this guide to get the matter re-set.

Is there a copy of the original PCN with the Order for Recovery?

I note you don't want to challenge the whole thing, but if we can find good grounds for doing so then you might as well.

Not with the OFR, no....

I did not ever receive an original PCN....  (sad to say, post here is absolutely woeful).

First I knew of it some months later was the charge certificate/letter which was now £195 - iirc.  This was around when I started nosing around asking on here as I knew there was a way of getting it reset

I then received a follow up letter a short time later.

The general reply/collective wisdom in line with what I was asking was that once I had received the OFR - now here - it was relatively simple to get it reset via the traffic court to the original fine on the PCN which I never received.

I will have both the charge cert/letters I received.  Just couldn't place my hands right on them at the moment.

Quote from: Hippocrates on January 23, 2024, 10:17:54 pm

Take it easy and wait for the OFR.

+1
We don't need you panicking and doing something daft. You risk delaying debt registration or even really complicating matters.

and I did tell you how to set your mind at rest >

Quote from: Neil B on January 20, 2024, 07:15:57 pm

You won't be late so long as you keep abreast of debt registration;either by noting an increase in the pcn portal to £204 or by confirmation with TEC.

All good.    Thanks all.

Second letter from B&D received yesterday or today.  Still showing £195 but specifying I have 7 days to pay up at this point and deal direct with them before they send it to Northampton.

So still at waiting stage. 

[Meanwhile have to pop back over to MSE Forum where my private parking matter getting set for court - although they will more than likely pull out at the last minute].

A rather disingenuous letter, because they cannot pass the matter to enforcement agents, (bailiffs) until they register the debt at TEC.This costs them £9 and they have to then issue an Order for Recovery, then wait for it to be paid. I see the Horizon mentality all over English council parking departments. "ignore the law because there are no come-backs on us".

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So meanwhile its a waiting game... wait for the debt to be registered at TEC then file the relevant form(s) to have the clock/timer reset due to not receiving any PCN.

Thursday 18th January received Charge Certificate for the standard £195 (being £130 + £65)...  52M - Station Parade, some restricted zonage I believe.
The contravention was at the end of November - but this Charge Certificate is the first I have heard of the matter.  V5, my address etc all match up.

I am over hundred miles from the location but I was there working that morning and not knowing the area I probably did stray into whatever lane/zone.... I am not contesting that fact.
I merely want them to be aware that I didn't receive any PCN - effectively resetting the clock.

I am assuming the original PCN was caught up in the usual Christmas mail delivery fiasco - even without Christmas the postal service here is abysmal these days.

I haven't used PEPIPOO for years and it is inoperable at the moment it seems...  I am on MSE where I am deep into arguing with a private parking cowboy - but local councils are a different set of rules.

IIRC I am technically in a bit of limbo until it is registered as a debt at TEC at which point I can use form TE7?