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“If, on the other hand, your daughter is the registered keeper, the address details on the V5 are all correct, and the police have taken 20 days to send the NIP, then your daughter can freely write back, telling them to shove it - it is out of time, and thus not valid.”
Not quite correct. As has been mentioned there are probably two documents involved. The first is the “NIP”. If your daughter is the RK and it arrives outside 14 days, writing back telling them to “shove it” may not produce the desired result. The NIP is deemed to have been served two working days after it was posted. If it did not arrive in time the onus falls on the recipient to prove, on the balance of probabilities, that it was not properly served. If the NIP was dated more than 12 days after the alleged offence then of course it is a slam dunk. If it was not then the burden to show failure to serve in time rests with the recipient and this will have to be done in court. As has been pointed out, this 14 day rule only applies to the first NIP.
The second document will be the S172 request for driver’s details. This must be complied with (within 28 days) regardless of whether the NIP was served in time or not. Failure to respond has nothing to do with the NIP (which gives notification of an intended prosecution for speeding) and will constitute the more serious offence under S172.
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