Next local authority ready to fall is Blackpool. They had been informed a number of months ago that their Penalty Charge Notices did not conform. Quietly they changed the wording on their tickets to include the 'date of issue.'However, there is an even more serious and glaring error on their PCN and one which will have very serious consequences for them.
Their tickets misrepresent their legal status giving the impression that the driver has committed a criminal rather than a civil act.
As you can appreciate, this a very serious misrepresentation and could well fall foul of the 1968 Theft Act and the 1996 Theft (Amendment) Act as a great deal of money, running into millions, has been demanded from, and paid by, motorists who have been misled into believing that they have committed a more serious misdemeanour.
The Blackpool Gazette has all the information and we have embargoed it from general release until tomorrow.
A copy of the letter putting Blackpool on notice that they must suspend enforcement will be posted later today along with a copy of the Freedom of Information request which will detail the magnitude of the 'misrepresentation.'
All will be revealed in the press release exactly what the major error is.
The next big question is, "Why didn't any of the National Parking Adjudication Service adjudicators pick up on this most fundamental flaw in the primary piece of evidence?"
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Neil: "Why didn't any of the National Parking Adjudication Service adjudicators pick up on this most fundamental flaw in the primary piece of evidence?"
Simple. They are too busy making money out of the scam!
The investigation into NPAS is underway and we will be exposing the breaches in Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
I am sure that everyone is aware that 55p from every PCN issued goes to NPAS.
I am sure that everyone knows that the Joint Committee that appoints and scrutinises the behaviour of the NPAS Adjudicators consists of appointed councillors from Councils participating in Decriminalised Parking Enforcement.
I am sure that the more juicier evidence that we are about to disclose will initiate a TV expose of this lawless scam.
And remember, Tribunals Manager Andrew Barfoot once left his mobile phone connected after calling 'mad,mad,mad,' and then him and Chief Adjudicator, Caroline Sheppard, discussed me and the Sunderland situation.
Can't wait to call them both as witnesses.
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