As far as I am aware no business MAY hold you to terms and conditions that are detrimental to the the customers rights .
This almost certainly is and as such YOU may take action against them under the unfair terms and conditions regulations.
To be fined, for that is what the penalty charge is, levied by a statutory body, Applied by a private company almost certainly is illegal.
They have your money and have applied a legally backed charge because YOU have not known about THEIR rules is definitely an unfair and to have it done without informing you of the change of condition of your account is likewise illegal.
These bodies along with the congestion charge and LEZ will bring action with baliffs against you with what purports to be a court order.
These orders a signed in a court building by a TAME magistrate, paid by them to sign the documents, many at a time. This does not make it a court order and as such may be refused at the serving as an illegal document. It is not done through the court but by a paid individual on the premises. This practice should stop but the Authorities do not seem to mind it happening.
Write back and appeal the notice and also make official complaints against them for illegal demands and conditions.
This almost certainly is and as such YOU may take action against them under the unfair terms and conditions regulations.
To be fined, for that is what the penalty charge is, levied by a statutory body, Applied by a private company almost certainly is illegal.
They have your money and have applied a legally backed charge because YOU have not known about THEIR rules is definitely an unfair and to have it done without informing you of the change of condition of your account is likewise illegal.
These bodies along with the congestion charge and LEZ will bring action with baliffs against you with what purports to be a court order.
These orders a signed in a court building by a TAME magistrate, paid by them to sign the documents, many at a time. This does not make it a court order and as such may be refused at the serving as an illegal document. It is not done through the court but by a paid individual on the premises. This practice should stop but the Authorities do not seem to mind it happening.
Write back and appeal the notice and also make official complaints against them for illegal demands and conditions.