Late Licensing Penalty: I was late in licensing my vehicle last summer...

[SunnySunbeam]

Then in February I received a request from a debt collection agency for £80,

in relation to a Late Licensing Penalty which until then I had not known anything about.

 

In conversation with them it became apparent that I should have received a request for £40 from DVLA at some point prior to this.

 

I had recently changed address,

so reasonably assumed that the original demand must have gone to my old house,

and the debt collectors letter to my new one.

 

I wrote to DVLA accepting that I was late and that I might have to pay a penalty,

but that I had never been given an opportunity to pay the £40,

so please issue me with the original demand to consider.

 

There reply was a standard 'get lost' template letter that did not relate to the basic points at issue here.

 

I have the option to appeal, does anyone think I have a case worth pursuing for the sake of saving £40?

 

(The new V5 appears to prove the date of changed address)

 

Thanks

[citizenkain]

you recently changed address,did you tell dvla?,another way they catch you out...

[dx100uk]

I bet this was advantis?

 

dx