Barnet Council : double not quits

 

Always something new for Mr Mustard to deal with. These from a motorist who luckily sent him both Notices.

 

Mr Mustard asked a few question of the council on Sunday 8 September, as follows, and the council answers are there, a reasonably swift response.

Someone beat Mr Mustard to the draw on the Friday 6 September.

This isn't the first local authority to double print a batch of documents. On would hope they tell each other, at least within London, of problems and more importantly, solutions, but Mr Mustard thinks this can't be happening, or if it is, it doesn't work well enough.

It is no surprise that the council didn't want to cancel all 690 PCNs as they would not then rake in tens of thousands of revenue. 690 PCNs at £130 would be £89,700 (but budget for say a 50% recovery).

Another PCN expert gave Mr Mustard his opinion, which which Mr Mustard concurs:

There is no statutory power to serve the second NTO, a second NTO can only be served on another person and only in limited circumstances (such as where a previous NTO is cancelled by the county court, the tribunal or the authority itself). There are no circumstances where the council can randomly issue a second NTO on the same person while a previous NTO issued to that person is still outstanding.

Unfortunately there is no body, apart from the council itself, that a member of the public can go to to suggest a different outcome. It is a failing in the system that councils are trusted to self police. The only outcomes they appear to be interested in are positive cash flow ones.

The end.