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Hi,

The registered keeper received this NtK after the driver of the car visited a pub where there was a requirement to enter the registration number into a terminal at the bar. The driver cannot remember if they did so.

The NtK appears to be full of errors (e.g. refers to the Motorist rather than the Driver/Keeper).

Any advice on what to say in an initial appeal to Britannia would be much appreciated please.

Is it worth contacting the pub at the same time as submitting the appeal?

Thanks in advance.

Don't have the back of the notice available at the moment as the keeper is away from home and only has what a housemate has photographed and sent over. Have requested a copy of the reverse, but I suspect it is identical to the one shown at https://ibb.co/x8dXVCk1.

Have tried ringing the pub but no answer. Will keep trying. Presumably, even if they say they'll get it cancelled, an apeal should still be submitted in case the pub don't actually get round to actioning anything.

Agree about visiting the pub, but the keeper doesn't live very near to the pub so won't get a chance to do that for a week or so. In the meantime, I still want to help her get an appeal in to Britannia - especially as I wouldn't trust the pub to actually follow through o cancelling it, whatever they say at the time.

Do you have (or can you get) photos of the signage?

I received a PCN from Britannia last year for the same contravention of failing to validate a free stay.

I managed to win at POPLA on the basis that the signage didn't state that failing to validate a free stay would incur a parking charge. It was a different pub, but I wouldn't be surprised if they use boilerplate language on their signs.