12.—(1) Where a charge with respect to a vehicle under a charging scheme has not been paid by the time by which it is required by the scheme to be paid [F1and, in those circumstances, the scheme provides for the payment of a penalty charge], the charging authority may serve a notice (“a penalty charge notice”).
(2) A penalty charge notice shall be served on the registered keeper of the vehicle unless, in accordance with the Charges and Penalty Charges Regulations, the penalty charge to which it relates is payable by another person, in which case the penalty charge notice shall be served on that other person.
(3) A penalty charge notice must state—
(a)the amount of the penalty charge to which it relates;
(b)the date and time at which the charging authority claim that the vehicle was used or kept on a road in a charging area in circumstances in which, by virtue of a charging scheme, a charge was payable in respect of the vehicle;
(c)the grounds on which the charging authority believe that the penalty charge is payable with respect to the vehicle;
[F2(d)the time, in accordance with the charging scheme under which it is imposed, and the manner in which the penalty charge must be paid;
(e)the amount of the reduced penalty charge if it is duly paid in the time specified in the charging scheme;
(ea)the amount of the increased penalty charge if:
(i)the penalty charge is not paid; or
(ii)no representations are made under regulation 13,
before the end of the relevant period as defined by regulation 17(2)(a);]
(f)the address to which payment of the penalty charge must be sent;
(g)that the person on whom the notice is served (“the recipient”) may be entitled to make representations under regulation 13; and
(h)the effect of regulation 16.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 12(1) inserted (17.2.2003) by The Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/108), regs. 1, 7(2)
F2Reg. 12(1)(d)-(ea) substituted for reg. 12(1)(d)(e) (17.2.2003) by The Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/108), regs. 1, 7(3)
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