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Thursday 20 August 2015

POPLA changeover starts tomorrow

The operation of POPLA is changing. Although the new system starts in October, new appeals cannot now be fully registered. Instead, you must register your intent to appeal, and when you are then contacted by Ombudsman Services you will then be allowed to register your full appeal.

POPLA Press Release

On 1 October 2015, the operation of POPLA is passing from London Councils to Ombudsman Services Limited. As part of the transition process, the British Parking Association has asked London Councils to cease registering new appeals from 21 August 2015.
However, once you have been notified that we have received and forwarded your intention to appeal, no further enforcement action can proceed until after the appeal has been finally decided.
Any delay in appeals being registered obviously does not affect the strict requirements, including time limits, provided by Schedule 4 to the Protection of Freedom Act 2012, from applying. Equally it does not affect the requirements of the BPA Code of Practice regarding dealing with original representations within the timescales provided.
To find out how to register an intention to appeal with the Ombudsman Services Limited, please click here, which will take you to a new page.
Assessors at London Councils will not determine any appeals after 30 September 2015, whatever date they were registered. 
The statement of the Lead Adjudicator regarding cases adjourned pending handing down of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (available here) remains in force.

9 comments:

  1. There is as dirty, untrue, defamatory rumour going around that POPLA actually cost more than London Councils originally calculated.

    Six figures more.

    And that the BPA were asked to make up the difference, and not surprisingly, declined saying that the contract had been complied. with in full and no further funds were due.


    Anyone who claims that a certain person at London Councils could end up being PERSONALLY liable for the missing loot is clearly not well informed.

    It is also completely untrue that that FOI requests are in and the replies eagerly awaited.

    Don't watch this space.

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  2. time they started charging PPCs a realistic figure , lets see ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, £100

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  3. £100... you're not far off.

    216,000 and £27mn turnover. I make that £125 each. Wonder if the BPA got a good deal? Or does that explain all those Apprentices on £10K each they are hiring.

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  4. If the BPA had to pay LC £350k tomorrow I wonder if they have the cash?

    If the matter went to the High Court, legal fees would be at least £10k.

    Of course this is all hypothetical.

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  5. BPA Thinks: "Maybe we should allow PPCs to put their charges up to £200 a ticket and we can raise their subs to cover the cost of this."

    Rest of the World thinks: "Maybe these PPCs should stop rejecting so many legitimate appeals."

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  6. BPA Thinks: "Maybe we should allow PPCs to put their charges up to £200 a ticket and we can raise their subs to cover the cost of this."

    Rest of the World thinks: "Maybe these PPCs should stop rejecting so many legitimate appeals."

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  7. Imagine if London Councils had been in dispute for about a year but had not taken the matter to mediation as per clause 10 of the main contract.

    Imagine if someone had contacted the BPA then who stated that they were not going to pay a penny extra.

    Imagine if London Councils was keen not take the BPA to court because LC is a member of the BPA and Nick Lester Davis used to be a committee member.

    All hypothetical of course as none of this is true. Yup.

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    1. If this were true then it would be truly shocking. Because then not only would the public purse fund (through the court system) the PPC vendetta against motorists, but the public purse (or rather that of London council tax payers) would fund (through subsidising POPLA) the PPC vendetta before the court. This is a very sad story, if true.

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    2. It is not true and the District Auditor is 100% not investigating.

      Everything is fine and this is all hypothetical.


      Yup.

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