The Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005

Initiating an appeal

14.—(1) A person on whom a penalty charge notice has been served may appeal against the imposition of the penalty charge if—

(a) he has made representations to the authority under regulation 9; and

(b) he has received from the authority a notice of rejection.

(2) An appeal shall be made by delivering a notice of appeal to the proper officer.

(3) A notice of appeal—

(a) must be in writing and signed by the appellant or his duly authorised agent;

(b) must state the name and address of the appellant;

(c) may specify some other address as being the address to which he wishes documents to be sent to him in connection with the appeal;

(d) must state the name of the authority by which the decision to impose the charge was made and the date and reference number of the charge notice concerned; and

(e) may include any additional representations on any of the statutory grounds of appeal which the appellant desires to make.

(4) The notice of appeal shall be delivered to the proper officer within the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice of rejection (“the appeal period”).

(5) If the notice of appeal is delivered to the proper officer outside the appeal period, the appellant must include in the notice a statement of the reasons on which he relies for justifying the delay.

(6) The adjudicator shall treat any such statement as a request to extend the appeal period and, if he thinks fit, may direct that the period be extended accordingly.