Civil.Enforcement issuing penalty charges on behalf of the council? What is going on!?

[Jenny21]

I have received a *penalty* charge notice from Civil Enforcement, for driving in a bus lane in Cambridge (from memory there were roadworks, you had to drive in the bus lane to go through the lights - but we will get to that!) 

My main question is,

what authority does Civil Enforcement have to issue a penalty charge on behalf of the council? 

They're private land enforcement aren't they? 

The Beavis case gave them the authority to act for private landlords to collect parking *charges* - a penalty is something very different!  

The actual facts are that I was in Cambridge that day, I remember lots of confusing road works, and poor directions. 

I do recall going into a bus lane to get through some road works and thinking how badly run it was. 

I do not know if that was the same road as this offence (Silver Street) but since I do not make a habit of driving in bus lanes, I'm guessing it's the same one. 

Given that this was the only way through, I'm surprised the camera was even on... and again, whose camera was is it??

And what's it got to do with Civil Enforcement??

Struggling to upload the files 

[Homer67]

Doesn't sound right, upload the PCN but redact it as usual please

[dx100uk]

cant be a penalty charge.

scan pages as jpg picture files

redact each page using mspaint or a photo editor program/app

goto one of the sites listed in upload

convert each to pdf

then use pdfmerge to merge them all to one multipage pdf

if the file is over 4.8mb, use the pdfreducer site to shrink it

dx

 

[Nicky Boy]

Very comprehensive dx!

You got time to kill?

[dx100uk]

what happen here?

dx

[Jenny21]

I didn't reply to it for ages - thought it was a scam,

coincidentally this week got a final demand from the actual Council. 

I haven't answered it yet, not sure how to proceed, since I'd say I didn't get the first one / was reasonable to suspect it wasn't real. 

Any advice?

[dx100uk]

can you scan it up to pdf

read upload

dx