DVLA launches system to help drivers overturn wrongful fines

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 14:13 · Archive

A new DVLA and police protocol allows drivers to cancel penalties incurred through number plate cloning.

A new official protocol from the DVLA and police allows drivers to cancel penalties incurred when criminals clone their number plates. Number plate cloning occurs when criminals copy a legitimate registration number and display it on another vehicle. Victims often discover the crime only when unexpected penalty charge notices, bus lane fines, clean air zone fees or speeding tickets arrive for journeys they never made.

Motorises in England and Wales should report the incident to police using a dedicated online form on Police.uk or by calling 101. Submitting an online report automatically notifies the DVLA. Drivers in Scotland and Northern Ireland must report cloning directly to police by calling 101. Alternatively, registered keepers can write to the DVLA in Swansea, SA99 1AR, providing vehicle registration details and copies of all incorrect penalty notices.

Once a report is processed, the DVLA sends an official confirmation letter to the address on the vehicle log book. Motorists must then send a copy of this letter to the issuing council, police force or private car park operator to have wrongful fines cancelled. Officials warned that while victims can continue driving, their vehicle registration remains flagged on police automatic number plate recognition cameras, so drivers should carry their police reference number, V5C vehicle log book and driving licence. The guidance comes alongside targeted enforcement by a specialist roads policing team funded by the Home Office and Department for Transport.

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• The DVLA system that can help drivers overturn rogue driving finesOfficial DVLA and police protocol launched for drivers hit by wrongful fines and cloned number plates. Here is how to cancel penalty charge notices.Andover Advertiser · 10 Oct, 13:24
• The DVLA system that can help drivers overturn rogue driving finesOfficial DVLA and police protocol launched for drivers hit by wrongful fines and cloned number plates. Here is how to cancel penalty charge notices.Romsey Advertiser · 10 Oct, 13:24
• The DVLA system that can help drivers overturn rogue driving finesOfficial DVLA and police protocol launched for drivers hit by wrongful fines and cloned number plates. Here is how to cancel penalty charge notices.Basingstoke Gazette · 10 Oct, 13:24

In this story: DVLA · Police.uk · Home Office · Department for Transport · England · Wales · Scotland · Northern Ireland

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