Bus lane / moving traffic — Notice procedural defect
Statutory PCNs follow a strict sequence (PCN → Enforcement Notice/NTO → Charge Certificate → TEC). Each must be served within statutory time limits with prescribed information. Defects: late service, missing prescribed wording, wrong respondent, no appeal rights info. Procedural defect is an explicit TPT statutory ground.
Legal basis
Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2757) regs.7-13; Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/77); TMA 2004 Schedules 7-9
How to identify this in your case
Check (a) date PCN issued vs date of contravention (typically must be within 28 days for camera-detected), (b) prescribed information present, (c) Notice to Owner / Enforcement Notice served within statutory window after PCN.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] I challenge this PCN on procedural grounds. SI 2005/2757 and SI 2022/77 prescribe strict service and content requirements. Defects: - [Late service: PCN dated [X], contravention date [Y], outside statutory window] - [Missing prescribed information: failure to specify time/location; failure to set out grounds of representation] - [Wrong respondent named — registered keeper at the time was [different person]] - [Image attached does not establish contravention] Procedural defect is an express statutory ground of representation/appeal. The PCN must be cancelled. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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