Did we go the same "School of Cynicism"? Yup, I think we did. Which of us
graduated first, I wonder? I tend to call it "Realism" though
I am sure we are not alone in finding it deeply disturbing that the law of
the land is cherry picked to find soft targets instead of hitting at real
DPA transgressions.
When the police stop you for speeding you come to a halt. Thus you are not
speeding any more. BUT they never let you off for stopping the car! The
UKIC appears to work differently. Stationary vehicle = Offence purged.
I come back to my "from time to time rant". Enforce the law or repeal it.
And frankly the good guys have put in so much work to get it right that a
government attempting to repeal it ought to be shot. Or should we just
remove the words "attempting to repeal it"? Oh no, wait. That's probably
incitement to shoot the government.
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In a message dated 18/03/05 13:01:15 GMT Standard Time,
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> Most times the UKIC says "Well, you have started to behave, so we'll
> forgive you". They forgave Cahoot, after all. This time they issue a
> swingeing fine. And the daft thing? The Notification per se is all
> so many firms do in order to comply. But in their business dealings
> they drive a coach and horses through the law.
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Not that odd, really, non-registration is much easier to prove. Trying to
prove the other offences involves a fair amount of work and the likelihood
of a successful prosecution must be high in order to get anywhere near a
court.
Ian B
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