Tyne Tunnel — TT2 unpaid toll appeal grounds
Tyne Tunnel is operated by TT2 Ltd as a Road User Charging Scheme. Unpaid Toll Charge Notices (UTCNs) issue to the registered keeper. Common challenge grounds: payment was made (top-up, account, app), wrong plate captured, vehicle was exempt class (motorcycle), keeper had transferred ownership.
Legal basis
Tyne Tunnels (Re-organisation) Order 2005 (SI 2005/917); Transport Act 2000 ss.163-177; A19 Tyne Tunnel Concession Agreement; Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783); appeals to Traffic Penalty Tribunal
How to identify this in your case
Check payment evidence (TT2 account ledger, app screenshot, card statement). Compare plate in UTCN photo to vehicle. Check exempt class on TT2 published categories. Check V5C transfer date.
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam (TT2 Customer Services), Re: UTCN [NUMBER] — Tyne Tunnel — Crossing [DATE] I challenge this Unpaid Toll Charge Notice on the following ground[s]: [Select applicable] 1. Payment was made on time. £[AMOUNT] paid via [TT2 account/app/card] on [DATE/TIME], reference [REF]. Statement attached. 2. The plate captured is not my plate. PCN photo plate reads [X]; my plate is [Y]. ANPR misread. 3. My vehicle is a motorcycle, exempt under the Tyne Tunnels Toll Scheme. 4. I was not the registered keeper on [DATE]. V5C transfer attached. Under the Tyne Tunnels (Re-organisation) Order 2005 and SI 2013/1783, the contravention did not occur. Please cancel. If rejected I will appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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