The Council Can Now Issue PCNs By Post
Broxbourne Council currently serves
a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) by either attaching it to the
windscreen of the vehicle parked in contravention or handing it to
the driver.
The Government introduced new
measures under the Traffic Management Act 2004 to allow service of
a PCN by post. This prevents motorists from avoiding
parking enforcement action by either, driving away before a PCN can
be issued or seeking to prevent the issue of the PCN by threatening
behaviour towards the Civil Enforcement Officr (CEO).
The Council can now serve the PCN
where vehicles are driven away before the process can be completed
or handed to the driver or attached to the windscreen. The
CEO will be required to provide evidence that the PCN issuing
process had started This measure will increase the Council’s
effectiveness in improving safety and reducing congestion, for
example, outside schools, by taxi ranks or outside shopping
parades.
The standard penalty charges of £70
and £50 apply to postal PCNs (reduced by 50 per cent if
paid within 14 days from reciept). The PCN should be served within
14 days from of the contravention.
For more information please contact the Council’s helpline on
01992 785577.