How long to issue nip

How many points can I have on my licence before I face a ban? How much is the fine for fixed penalty notices for traffic offences and how many points is it? How will accruing penalty points affect a provisional or newly qualified driver? I got a fixed penalty notice for parking but I have a disabled badge. What can I do? I have been given a fixed penalty notice by the Police and I have noticed that there is a mistake on it e. I have got a fixed penalty notice but I cannot afford to pay the whole amount, can I pay it in installments?

I have got a fixed penalty notice, do I have to surrender both parts of my licence? I have got a speeding ticket and I want to see the photographic evidence, can I?

I have got a speeding ticket but I have misplaced my licence, what should I do? I know nothing about this offence. What should I do? I have received an endorsable fixed penalty ticket and need to send my licence off but I am going on holiday and need my licence, what can I do? I missed the deadline for payment of the fixed penalty notice by a few days, what can I do?

I am currently filling out an application form for a DBS check. The form asks if I have any previous convictions, cautions or reprimands. Do I need to mention my FPN? I received a fixed penalty ticket but I have lost it, what should I do? I sent my licence off with my ticket, when should I get it back?

I stole a car when I was 15 and received penalty points as part of my punishment. What effect will this have when I am old enough to start driving? If I am issued a parking ticket must it be stuck on my windscreen? We have got a speeding ticket for our car but we cannot remember who was driving?

What are fixed penalty tickets in relation to driving offences? What should I do if I can't reach the police station where I am supposed to produce my documents? What will happen if I don't pay the fine on a fixed penalty notice? I have missed the court date for my summons, what will happen? I have received a court summons for driving offences to appear at court I was not stopped by an officer , what does that mean? What is the law in relation to using a mobile phone or other hand-held device whilst driving?

What should I do if I am at a red traffic light and there is an emergency vehicle behind me trying to get through? If you are unable to nominate the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence, you must confirm this in writing to the Camera and Tickets Office. Please note that failure to provide the full details of the driver is an offence and the matter may then go to Court.

Under Section of the Road Traffic Act , if you are unable to provide the full name or address of the driver at the time of the offence, this is an offence in itself and therefore the matter may proceed then go to Court. If you are unable to provide the full name or address of the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence, you must confirm this in writing to the Camera and Tickets Office.

According to the DVLA, the initial Notice of Intended Prosecution must be posted to reach the Registered Keeper of the vehicle, by ordinary post within 14 days of the alleged offence. The 14 day ruling does not apply to nominated drivers, hirers or new keepers of the vehicle, or where police enquiries find new information following this initial notice.. For our investigation team to look into this matter, they require photographs of the front, rear and sides of your vehicle as well as a photograph of the vehicle registration plates front and rear.

Please send them to the address on the front of the Notice. We are unable to consider any claims of cloned vehicles without these images. Where possible you should email the images to cto herts. You must respond to the Notice stating who you sold the vehicle to and providing a copy of the sales invoice, if available.

It is not acceptable to inform us you sold the vehicle with no forwarding, or incomplete, new owner details. Do not send us your driving licence at this stage, unless you hold a non-UK licence where we ask that a COPY of your licence is sent in with the Notice. Without the correct licence number, we are unable to potentially offer the option of an educational course. We are unable to process a response to the Notice if the name on the Notice does not match the name given on the driving licence.

If you have not yet updated your licence to your new name, you need to contact the DVLA to apply for a new licence. Once you receive your new licence number, you can then complete the Notice and send it to the cameras and tickets office. Please note, the Notice still has to be responded to within the 28 day timescale, as stated on the form. If your driving licence is in your current name, but the Notice is in a previous name, please complete part one of the Notice and note your current details in part two.

There is an expiry date on your photocard, which requires you to apply for a renewed licence on or before that date. You should apply for a renewed licence on or before this date, you should not be driving on an expired photocard licence.

Once you have admitted the offence, a document offering you the options available will be issued. This may include the option of accepting the Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty or attending an educational course this is subject to strict criteria.

You can also request to contest the matter or have mitigating circumstances considered in Court, and in certain circumstances you may be referred directly to Court, for example, in high speed offences. These letters may have crossed in the post, but we would advise you to also complete the reminder and return this to the Camera and Tickets Office, as the first document may not have been delivered.

We would recommend you send your completed document by recorded delivery. The original Notice of Intended Prosecution would have been sent first class post via Royal Mail and assumed to have been delivered within two days of leaving the Camera and Tickets Office.

You are required to identify the driver of the vehicle. Typically, these offences are speeding, failing to comply with traffic signals etc.

The obligation is upon the prosecution to have issued and despatched the Notice in order that it arrives with the registered keeper of the vehicle within 14 days of the offence. Service can be by first class post, by hand or in some circumstances, by recorded delivery. The method of delivery is at the discretion of the prosecution who only have to show that they have followed the correct procedure. The Notice must be signed although this can be typed on behalf of the Chief Constable, typically it will simply name an authorised officer, dated and contain sufficient information for the offence to be identified.

The Police do not have to prove that the Notice reached its intended recipient within 14 days, merely that they believe that it arrived, but there may be a defence available if the intended recipient can convince a Court that the notice did not arrive in time or at all.

In many cases, the registered keeper will be a lease company not the actual driver, with the result that even if the driver is unaware of the incident, service of the Notice is good if it was sent to arrive at the registered keeper's last known address within 14 days of the offence.

If you are the registered keeper of the vehicle and the ISSUE date on the Notice of Intended Prosecution is more than 14 days after the offence, then you can reject it. This only applies if it is dated more than 14 days after the alleged offence. If the NIP has been issued too late, then you should return it to the Process Office stating that you reject it because it is time barred. Bear in mind that if you are not the registered keeper, the NIP may have originally been issued within time and sent to the keeper.

The only obligation upon the Police is to issue the original Notice of Intended Prosecution within 14 days. Despite taking so long to contact you, the delay does not provide you with a technical defence as the Police have 6 months in which to prosecute. If you can establish that the original NIP, which would have been sent to the registered keeper, was not issued within 14 days, then it is out of time and you may have a defence. However, if the NIP was issued within 14 days, and then the keeper took some time to identify the driver, then the Police have longer in which to proceed.

For example, the registered keeper may lease the car to another company who then in turn supply to the Company that you work for. As long as the Police serve the registered keeper in time, the matter can proceed.

You have to sign the response and if you do not do so, then strictly speaking the Police can allege that you have failed to provide the information required by law. Not necessarily, although some Police forces will stipulate that they will only accept the completed form.

There is an obligation to provide a written response with a signed and dated declaration but there is no strict ruling that it must be in the exact format requested by the Police. The Human Rights Act does not provide you with any entitlement to with—hold information. This particular point has now been tested at the highest level and was found in the prosecution's favour.