Windscreen Notice Not Actually Issued

If operator claims a windscreen ticket was issued but you never received one, they must prove it was affixed to your vehicle. Without proof, they must rely on NtK-only route with its 14-day deadline.

Legal basis

POFA 2012 Schedule 4, Paragraph 6-8 regarding Notice to Driver requirements.

How to identify this in your case

If you found no ticket on your vehicle but they claim one was issued, demand CCTV/photographic evidence of ticket being placed.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
Paying may end it. Paying can count as accepting the notice and can close a challenge already under way. Part-paying or acknowledging an old debt can also revive a time limit that had expired.
The amount can change. Check what happens to the sum if you challenge — it may be held, re-offered lower, or keep rising, and fees or enforcement can continue meanwhile.
Use the official route. Use the method, recipient and form your notice specifies, with any reference, evidence and signature it asks for. Sent elsewhere, it may not count.
Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

I did not receive any windscreen notice on my vehicle. You claim one was issued. Please provide evidence - specifically CCTV footage or a photograph showing the attendant placing a notice on my vehicle [REG]. If you cannot prove a Notice to Driver was issued, you must have complied with the Notice to Keeper-only provisions under POFA 2012 Schedule 4 Paragraph 9, including the 14-day service deadline.

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Windscreen Notice Not Actually Issued

Legal basis

How to identify this in your case

Sample appeal wording

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