Islington Council - one off error or are you due a refund?

One of Mr Mustard's regulars (he is a big contributor to the hospice as well, £50 for every PCN I beat) got the below PCN.

Mr Mustard concluded that it did not meet the requirements to be a PCN and an adjudicator agreed.

The usual on street Islington PCN looks like this

Mr Mustard didn't think there could be many defective PCNs in Islington (it might just have been one handheld machine on one day with the wrong template loaded) but all the same he asked the question of the council. He received an open and honest response.

You might wonder how the copies aren't easy to find. It is because they are produced from templates which change over time and there could be 50 or 100 machines in use on the street at any one time. Keeping that lot up to date must be a bit of a task. The council doesn't have a great big file of copies generated as they go, as 50% of PCNs will be paid without fuss and only 1% will end up at the tribunal when a copy will be needed. The council generate true copies on demand. Generating the wrong copy for the tribunal leads to a win if the motorist notices.

Anyway, if you have had a PCN from Islington this year or perhaps last (if you keep paperwork like Mr Mustard does) and it does not contain the date of the alleged contravention (it only has From/To times) and you have paid it, now is the time to ask for a refund.

The end.