Civil Penalty Charge

[b13thy]

My mother got a civil penalty charge notice when she was parked at a shopping centre. The ticket details the car as blue when it is quite clearly green. She wishes to know if she can get out of paying the notice due to this discrepancy.

I've told her just to pay the charge (she forgot and now its up to �50) but she wants to know if she can get out of it this way.

[pauln90]

As long as the registration number was recorded correctly I fear you have no grounds to contest the charge. After all some metallic colours seem to change in different light

[markja]

just say it wasn't her car 'cos hers is different colour. someone must have cloned her number plate or the parking person got the number wrong.
if it was attatched to her car and not through the post then she should pretend it wasn't her car " 'cos she wasn't there! "
don't know how this is legally but that's what i'd do.

[Coobeastie]

It would be common practice to make a note of the tax disc number at the time of issue so claiming its a cloned vehicle wouldn't work.

As pauln90 mentioned colour doesn't really come into it as one persons green could be anothers blue.

[dollydoo]

my uncle had his car "ringed" which included a copy tax disc! personally, i'd take the chance and challenge it.