This case makes clear that there is no time limit for issuing the road user charging penalty charge notice under the regulations and that – on receipt of representations against the penalty charge notice – the authority seeking to reject those representations must issue a Notice of Rejection within 56 days. That notice must include the required information detailed under the regulations.

If a Notice of Rejection is not served, the authority is deemed to have accepted the representations. Re-issuing the penalty charge notice to allow for a further period of discount does not remove the authority’s obligation to issue a valid Notice of Rejection in response to representations.