motoring lawyer/summons advice needed

[sadlonelygit]

no, not me..........swmbo.
a long time ago in a galaxy far, far.....stop it!
2009 she gets a NIP. we fill it in requesting evidence as it's a company car and 2 people used it that day. evidence was useless (we knew it would be) so requested more evidence as we had used 'reasonable diligence but were unable to ascertain who the driver was'.
we heard nothing back from them.
whoooooooooooosh to 2012 and we get a demand from a bailiff for £600. a bit of digging discovers that she has been convicted in her absence of S172. a bit more digging discovers that the summons was sent to the wrong address.
now then, does the statute of limitations apply to the S172, and if not, does the SoL apply to the SP30 offence.
TIA

[BBROWN1664]

As I understand it you have 28 days from the S172 being issued to name the driver. They have 6 months from the offence to put the case in the court system but actually going to court could be much longer.

S172 offence carries 6 points with it as well as a fine too!

aparrently you can go to court and ask them to do something. Cant remember the exact wording but go to Pepipoo.com and they will tell you. It will force them to wipe the S172 offence and let your misses have a day in court to pleade her case.