NI Charge Certificate — issued before representations period elapsed
Under SR 2008/193, after a Notice to Owner is served the recipient has 28 days to make representations or pay. If representations are made, no Charge Certificate may be issued until the Department has served a Notice of Rejection AND a further 28 days has elapsed (during which the recipient may appeal to the NI Traffic Penalty Tribunal). A Charge Certificate served prematurely is void and the increased 50% sum is not lawfully demanded.
Legal basis
Parking and Bus Lane Penalty Charge Notices (Representations and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (SR 2008/193) regs 8–10; Traffic Management (NI) Order 2005 Sched 1
How to identify this in your case
Map the dates: NtO → representations → Notice of Rejection → 28 days → CC. Any CC inside that 28-day window is premature.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] The Notice of Rejection of my representations was dated [DATE_NoR]. The Charge Certificate is dated [DATE_CC]. This is fewer than 28 days from the Notice of Rejection. Under regulation [10] of SR 2008/193, no Charge Certificate may be served before the expiry of the period within which I could appeal to the NI Traffic Penalty Tribunal. The Charge Certificate is void and the 50% increase is unenforceable. Please reduce the demand to the original amount or, more properly, cancel. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/193
- legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1964