Keeper-details obtained outside the relevant period (PoFA Sch 4 para 11 third condition unmet)
PoFA Schedule 4 para 11 (the 'third condition') requires the creditor's DVLA/KADOE application for the registered-keeper details to have been MADE DURING the Notice-to-Keeper relevant period (para 8(4) windscreen / para 9(4) ANPR). If the operator's keeper-lookup fell after that window, keeper liability never arises — regardless of parking merits. Three existing rows name-check para 11 but each argues a different angle (KADOE data-source, company-vehicle service, or listing the conditions); none isolate the 'application must fall inside the para 8(4)/9(4) window' timing hook.
Legal basis
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4, paragraph 11(1): the third condition — application for keeper details made during the relevant period for para 8(4)/9(4). Text confirmed verbatim vs legislation.gov.uk (loop pass 1).
How to identify this in your case
NOT auto from PCN fields. Surfaces from the operator's POPLA/IAS evidence pack — compare its DVLA application date against the NtK relevant-period window. Deploy as put-to-proof: require the operator to evidence the application fell inside the statutory window; silence/late date defeats keeper liability.
Sample appeal wording
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Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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