The Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013

Rejection of representations against penalty charge notice

10.—(1) Where a charging authority does not accept that a ground in regulation 8(3) has been established, nor that there are compelling reasons why the penalty charge notice should be cancelled, the notice served in accordance with regulation 8(9)(b) (a “notice of rejection”) must—

(a) state that a charge certificate may be served under regulation 17(1) unless within the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice of rejection—

(i) the penalty charge is paid; or

(ii) the person on whom the notice of rejection is served appeals to an adjudicator against the penalty charge;

(b) indicate the nature of an adjudicator’s power to award costs against any person appealing; and

(c) describe in general terms the form and manner in which an appeal to an adjudicator must be made.

(2) A notice of rejection may contain such other information as the charging authority considers appropriate.