Originally Posted by
DanW@FastFord
Not exactly - It must be issued within 14 days, not necessarily received.
This is the letter I used..... Notice the
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Dear Officer ******,
CVVVVVVVV - Notice of Intended Prosecution
I received your letter dated *********, the references for which are detailed above. I have enclosed a copy of the Notice sent to me recently, for ease of cross-reference.
You have written to me because I am the Registered Keeper of the vehicle mentioned in your Notice. My address is correct as per the details at DVLC, and the vehicle was not a Company car, and was neither hired nor borrowed.
No Officer spoke to me at the time of the alleged offence, and no accident took place. Also, no Police person has spoken with me at or near the time and place detailed in your Notice. The written Notice is the first indication from you of any intention to prosecute.
Your Notice details the alleged offence as VV:VVhrs on *********. The Notice is dated ********, and it came to me by post, received on ********.
Excluding the day of the alleged offence, this was **th day from the date detailed in your Notice.
Following discussions with the RAC Legal Helpline, please note that the Notice cannot be acted upon as it is time-expired. For this Notice to have been valid, it ought to have been with me within 14 days of the alleged offence [Gidden v Chief Constable of Humberside [2009] EWHC 2924 (Admin)].
It was suggested I write back to you immediately with these comments.
Yours sincerely
VVVVVVVVV
Registered Keeper
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