Hello to everyone on this forum - my first post

[Q82bb]

Joined LegalBeagles to get some views of an issue I have with local Council applications for information
I don't think people in this country get enough consideration from organisations and authority now days and our rights and feelings are sometimes ignored. From rip-off utility companies bamboozling with "deals" to the frustration of vehicles queing at temporary traffic lights surrounding nobody working it's like there is a drought of basic respect for the majority of people
And in particular, what tightens my elastic is the threats on Council forms that drop through my letter box that require me to provide information and threaten me with fines and imprisonment should I not respond or not give truthful information
I understand why we should be obliged to give information, and I understand why it needs to be truthful, but to be threatened as I duly comply with the obligation has to be against my human rights in some way surely?
Should somebody be asked to give their signature in agreement to the possibility of fines and imprisonment?
This is no image of a public body supporting human rights or general respect in any way in my opinion
OK, if you reply telling them to stick their application where the sun does not shine I can accept they will have to make the obligation clear, but to the majority of the population who undertake their obligations I think it is an insult
Does it contravene my rights to receive threats in the correspondence they issue?
Regards to all
Qb

[efpom]

I don't see a problem with any State body putting anyone on notice that their failure to comply with a lawful obligation, could result in prosecution by the State. The UK is to be commended for that.

Some States take the position that it is the citizen's responsibility to be aware of their obligations on exiting the womb, and if there is a failure to abide by those obligations, a fine (or worse) awaits, as a matter of course.

By way of example, I can think of at least one State, when applying for a passport, one is required to demonstrate that one has fulfilled all of one's obligations to the State, before the passport can issue. That will include such mundane matters as, a certificate from the relevant authority, that no parking ticket remains unpaid, no local or State tax is outstanding, the address of the citizen is properly registered with the land registry, or if he rents, that his landlord has properly complied with all of HIS obligations. There is much more I could add, but I think I have made the point.

In order to clear those matters, one has to pay up the outstanding, and. of course, interest is added from the date of the infraction.