Hi Scotty, my intention after the advice received from the forum was to pay and learn from my genuine mistake however when i tried to pay the £60 it wouldn’t accept the £60 as the operator knows I have a second appeal through popla and the only acceptable payment is £100 but the reply from the operator was to await a response from the second appeal decision and at best it will be removed but more likely the £100 fee will have to be paid as it’s likely the decision will be longer than 14 days which is the time allowed for the £60 fee.
Fingers crossed that your appeal is successful. I would hope that if it isn’t you might still be able to pay the reduced fine. It would seem deeply unfair to penalise you for appealing, as that would prevent many people with legitimate grounds for appeal from doing so as they wouldn’t want to take the risk. A quick Google search suggests that some operators “pause the clock” on the 14 days if you appeal. Hopefully Nexus is one of them 🤞
EDIT – Just looked at the Nexus website and it explicitly says that if you appeal to POPLA and your appeal is unsuccessful, you have to pay the full £100 and the £60 fee is no longer applicable. It’s no wonder these companies get such a bad reputation 😡
