Wrong postcode on NIP

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Buffalo

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Monday 24th May 2004
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I have just been filling in my NIP form (I haven't decided if I will send it though) on the penultimate due date and noticed that my address and name is incorrect.

Whats the craic regarding this sort of admin error?

Buffalo

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Monday 24th May 2004
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The address has the following errors:

1)Wrong area (although that area is only two streets away - even so, my street is technically not in that area at all)

2) Wrong postcode - the last two letters are close but not the right ones

3) The NIP is dated 26th April and the offence 20th March. It did come through a hire company and i know the first one was received there within the 14days rule.

4) my name is incorrect in as much as my first name is repeated twice i.e. Phil Phil Earl

Are any of them worth fighting...?

THanks


>> Edited by Buffalo on Monday 24th May 21:50

>> Edited by Buffalo on Monday 24th May 21:50

Buffalo

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Monday 24th May 2004
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jeffreyarcher said:
As far as the NIP is concerned, IMO forget it.
If you had not received the notice and, as a result, had been charged under S172 (failure to supply), the incorrect address details may have lent credibility to your assertion that you didn't receive it. However, that is not the case here.



Do you mean just sign and return it...?

Buffalo

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Tuesday 25th May 2004
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jamescarter1981 said:
I'm a cop and my sister had an NIP where her name, road name and postcode were all spelt wrong. Sadly it doesn't make a difference, as long as it's your car reg, and registered to you.

The people at the process section can't type, that's all!



Actually its not my car and isn't registered to me either! It was a hire car.

I was just curious really, but just to play DA for a minute; if i went to court and the magistrate asked me if i was Phil Phil Earl, of "wrong address" "wrong postcode", then i would truthfully answer no. The picture they will have of the car is of the rear, thus i doubt it shows me at the wheel...

How is that any different to returning NIP under the same reason? And how do they prove it was me?

I'll put the silly thing in the post tonight anyway, and spank myself for killing thousands of people with my excess speed on a deserted 50mph section of dual carriageway at 1am in clear visibility....

thanks for replies!

>> Edited by Buffalo on Tuesday 25th May 13:13