Humber Bridge — penalty notice appeal grounds

Humber Bridge is operated by Humber Bridge Board (HBB) under the Humber Bridge Act 1959 (as amended). Tolls are levied per crossing, with motorcycles/disabled drivers exempt or discounted. An unpaid toll is pursued by an "Unpaid Toll Notification" (UTN, usually with an administration fee) — a civil charge from the Bridge Board, not a council Penalty Charge Notice — so you dispute it with the Humber Bridge Board; an unpaid UTN is pursued as a civil debt, not through a parking tribunal. Challenge grounds: payment evidence, exempt status, mistake of fact.

Legal basis

Humber Bridge Act 1959 (and amending Acts including the Humber Bridge (Debts) Act 1996); Toll Orders made by the Humber Bridge Board; Transport Act 2000 ss.163-177 (where applicable)

How to identify this in your case

HumberTAG account ledger or card receipt. V5C for class. Blue Badge or eligibility for HBB disabled exemption.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
Paying may end it. Paying can count as accepting the notice and can close a challenge already under way. Part-paying or acknowledging an old debt can also revive a time limit that had expired.
The amount can change. Check what happens to the sum if you challenge — it may be held, re-offered lower, or keep rising, and fees or enforcement can continue meanwhile.
Use the official route. Use the method, recipient and form your notice specifies, with any reference, evidence and signature it asks for. Sent elsewhere, it may not count.
Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

Dear Humber Bridge Board, Re: Penalty Notice [REF] — Crossing [DATE] — Vehicle [REG] I challenge this notice on the following ground[s]: 1. Payment was made on time via [HumberTAG / card / cash to attendant], reference [REF], £[AMOUNT]. Evidence attached. 2. My vehicle is a motorcycle / I am a Blue Badge holder eligible for the disabled exemption; evidence attached. 3. [Mistake of fact: the notice alleges [X] but the photograph shows [Y]]. Under the Humber Bridge Act 1959 and the relevant Toll Order, the alleged contravention did not occur. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [NAME]

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Humber Bridge — penalty notice appeal grounds

Legal basis

How to identify this in your case

Sample appeal wording

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