After 28 days, the enforcement authority will issue a Notice to Owner (NtO) requesting the original penalty charge.

14 days after a Charge Certificate is issued, the enforcement/charging authority can register the PCN as a debt at the Traffic Enforcement Centre.

This may result in a visit from a Civil Enforcement Agent (Bailiff).

If the enforcement authority rejects your challenge, you are able to make a formal representation; however, you must await the issue of a Notice to Owner (NtO).

28 days after the PCN was issued, a NtO can be issued to the registered keeper of the vehicle.  You can now make your formal representation.

Please note: If the PCN was issued for a contravention recorded by a video camera (e.g. for a vehicle parked at a bus stop, on a red route or in a cycle lane) and sent through the post, this is the first step of the challenge process.

If the enforcement authority rejects your formal representation, you will receive a Notice of Rejection of Representations letter explaining why.

You can either accept what is said and pay the PCN, OR follow the instructions in the letter about appealing to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT).

The TPT Adjudicator has reviewed the evidence, as well as statements from the appellant and enforcement/charging authority, and has come to a decision.

If the appeal is allowed, there is nothing to pay and the enforcement/charging authority will cancel the PCN; if the appeal is dismissed, the penalty is still payable and the enforcement/charging authority will continue to enforce the PCN.

The enforcement authority will register the PCN as a debt at the Count Court and pursue. This may result in a visit from a Civil Enforcement Agent (Bailiff).