Wales — Notice to Owner served outside the statutory window

Legal basis

Traffic Management Act 2004, Part 6, as applied in Wales. Regulations 18(1) and 19(1)-(2) of the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/362) govern the timing of a Notice to Owner following a regulation 9 penalty charge notice: it may be served only after the penalty charge notice's 28-day payment period has expired unpaid, and may not be served after six months beginning with the applicable relevant date defined in regulation 19(2). Representations and appeals are governed by the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/359).

How to identify this in your case

Check the PCN issue date and the Notice to Owner service date. A Notice to Owner served before the 28-day payment period ended, or more than six months after the applicable regulation 19 relevant date, does not follow the Welsh timetable — put the authority to proof of the dates.

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Sources

• Civil Enforcement (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/362) regs 18-19
• Traffic Management Act 2004, Part 6

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