Toll charge not properly served on foreign-registered vehicle
Toll operators like Dart Charge, Mersey Gateway, and Tyne Tunnel struggle to trace the owners of vehicles registered outside the UK. If your vehicle has foreign number plates, the penalty charge notice must be sent to your registered address abroad with proper notice. If it was sent to a UK address instead, came back undelivered, or never reached your foreign registered address at all, the process was not followed correctly and you can challenge on that basis.
Legal basis
Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783); EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive (EU) 2015/413 (post-Brexit status varies); CPR Part 6 and PD 6B (service out of jurisdiction)
How to identify this in your case
Vehicle was foreign-plated. PCN was sent to a UK address (return-to-sender) or never received at registered foreign address.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — Vehicle [REG] (registered in [COUNTRY]) I challenge this PCN on the ground of defective service. Vehicle: [REG], registered in [COUNTRY]. Registered keeper address: [FOREIGN ADDRESS]. The PCN appears to have been sent to [a UK address / not received at the registered foreign address]. Under SI 2013/1783, statutory time limits run from valid service on the registered keeper. Cross-border enforcement post-Brexit relies on either (a) the EU Cross-Border Enforcement Directive 2015/413 channels, where applicable, or (b) properly served notice at the registered foreign address. No such valid service has occurred. The procedural ground 'no PCN served' applies. Please cancel. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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