Caught speeding by camera - out of date NIP?

[Mighty Racoon]

Hi guys, just a quickie -

I had an NIP drop on my mat on 21st August 2014 for a speeding offence that took place on the 30th June 2014. Is it null and void due to being late?

I've googled and googled, but lots of places have conflicting information. I called Citizens Advice and they said that they weren't sure either. I've returned the NIP with my details, but can I still contest it?

Thanks in advance

[Mighty Racoon]

I should probably confirm that the NIP was actually dated 21st August 2014 - so it's not like it got caught up in the post.

[Mighty Racoon]

Roo said:

Your car?
Company car?
Hire car?
Recently purchased car?
Recently moved house?

My car.
No move of address. When I bought the car, I was given the green New Keeper slip. I didn't receive a V5 in the post, so when I went to tax it (back in April) I used the green slip. This, as far as I'm aware, should have updated DVLA's records.

So I can't see why it's taken them this long to send me the NIP.

[Mighty Racoon]

agtlaw said:

Is it the first NIP? Who is the registered keeper? Is / was DVLA record accurate?

It is the first NIP (I think). There's nothing on there to imply that they've had a hard time finding me or that they were given my details by someone else?

How would I check the DVLA record?

[Mighty Racoon]

agtlaw said:

It's September now.

Do you have a V5C with your details on it?

No, I don't.

[Mighty Racoon]

agtlaw, I have no idea what that means mate?

Roo, I guess this means I'm still gonna get done for it then huh? How annoying (although justified all the same)

[Mighty Racoon]

SiH said:

Rather unsurprisingly I suspect your documents have gone walkabout at the DVLA and according to the nice people at the .gov website the onus is shared to ensure that you have received a V5C. I think your attempts to avoid the NIP based on time might well be thwarted by the fact that you don't have a V5C as you have failed to inform the DVLA of the change of keeper. Clearly you sent off the old V5C with the change of keeper details but the fact that you didn't receive a new document and didn't chase it up are likely to mean that the responsibility, rightly or wrongly, falls with you.
It's a bh but there you go!

Ah, how frustrating. I imagine that is what's happened

[Mighty Racoon]

They're useless!

Ah well, not worth fighting then I guess? Or maybe still worth a punt?

Thanks for the help though, I won't hold my breath. At 22, I could do without the points (I was doing 37 in a 30, annoyingly)