Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/53/part/III
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 09:37:22
Document Index: 576583266

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Pt. 3 modified by S.I. 2013/1565 art. 2 (This amendment comes into force on the day after the day of making of an order entitled the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025))
s. 61A heading words repealed by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 3 para. 49(4) Sch. 7(4)
Part III E+W+S Fixed Penalties
C1Pt. III (ss. 51–90) amended by (E.W.) S.I. 1990/335, art. 2(1) and (S.) S.I. 1990/466, art. 2(1)
Pt. III (ss. 51-90) amended (1.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/1851, art. 2(1)
C2Definition in Pt. III (ss. 51-90) applied (E.W.) (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 18(7)(b), 101(1) (with Sch. 12 para. 6); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
51 Fixed penalty offences.E+W+S
(1)Any offence in respect of a vehicle under an enactment specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act is a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of this Part of this Act, but subject to subsection (2) below and to any limitation or exception shown against the enactment in column 2 (where the general nature of the offence is also indicated).
(2)An offence under an enactment so specified is not a fixed penalty offence for those purposes if it is committed by causing or permitting a vehicle to be used by another person in contravention of any provision made or restriction or prohibition imposed by or under any enactment.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order provide for offences to become or (as the case may be) to cease to be fixed penalty offences for the purposes of this Part of this Act, and may make such modifications of the provisions of this Part of this Act as appear to him to be necessary forthe purpose.
52 Fixed penalty notices.E+W+S
(1)In this Part of this Act “fixed penalty notice” means a notice offering the opportunity of the discharge of any liability to conviction of the offence to which the notice relates by payment of a fixed penalty in accordance with this Part of this Act.
(2)A fixed penalty notice must give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence to which it relates as are necessary for giving reasonable information about the alleged offence.
(3)A fixed penalty notice must state—
(a)the period during which, by virtue of section 78(1) of this Act, proceedings cannot be brought against any person for the offence to which the notice relates, being the period of twenty-one days following the date of the notice or such longer period (if any) as may be specified in the notice (referred to in this Part of this Act as the “suspended enforcement period”),
(c)[F1the person to] whom and the address at which the fixed penalty may be paid.
F1Words in s. 52(3)(c) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F2S. 52(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
F3[53Amount of fixed penalty.E+W+S
[F4(2)Any order made under subsection (1)(a) above in relation to an offence may make provision for the fixed penalty for the offence to be different depending on the circumstances, including (in particular)—
(d)whether the offender appears to have committed any offence or offences of a description specified in the order during a period so specified.]]
F3S. 53 substituted (1.4.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para.102; S.I. 1992/199, arts. 3(2)(b), 4; but see S.I.1992/435 for an expressed substitution (S.) (1.4.1992) of penalties in the previous form of s. 53
F4S. 53(2) substituted (5.1.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 3(2), 61(1)(10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(a)
Giving notices to suspected offendersE+W+S
54 Notices on-the-spot [F5etc.].E+W+S
(1)This section applies where [F6in England and Wales] on any occasion a constable in uniform [F7, or a vehicle examiner who produces his authority,] has reason to believe that a person he finds is committing or has on that occasion committed a fixed penalty offence.
(2)Subject to [F8the following provisions of this section] , the constable [F9or vehicle examiner] may give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(3)Where the offence appears to the constable [F10or vehicle examiner] to involve obligatory endorsement [F11, and the person is the holder of a licence,], the constable [F10or vehicle examiner] may only give him a fixed penalty notice under subsection (2) above in respect of the offence if—
(a)he produces his licence [F12and its counterpart] for inspection by the constable [F10or vehicle examiner],
(b)the constable [F10or vehicle examiner] is satisfied, on inspecting the licence [F12and its counterpart], that he would not be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of that offence, and
(c)he surrenders his licence [F12and its counterpart] to the constable [F10or vehicle examiner] to be retained and dealt with in accordance with this Part of this Act.
(a)the offence appears to the constable [F13or vehicle examiner] to involve obligatory endorsement,
[F14(aa)the person concerned is the holder of a licence, and]
(b)[F15he] does not produce his licence [F16and its counterpart] for inspection by the constable [F13or vehicle examiner],
the constable [F13or vehicle examiner] may give him a notice stating that if [F17he delivers] the notice together with his licence [F18and its counterpart] in [F19accordance with subsection (4A) below] and the requirements of subsection (5)(a) and (b) below are met he will then be given a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.
[F20(4A)Delivery must—
(b)if the notice is given by a vehicle examiner, be made (either by post or in person), within fourteen days after the notice is given, to the Secretary of State at the place specified in the notice.]
(5)If a person to whom a notice has been given under subsection (4) above [F21delivers] the notice together with his licence [F22and its counterpart] in [F23accordance with subsection (4A) above] and the following requirements are met, that is—
(a)the [F24person to whom the notice under subsection (4) above is delivered] is satisfied, on inspecting the licence [F25and its counterpart], that he would not be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence, and
(b)F26... his licence [F27and its counterpart] [F28are delivered] to be retained and dealt with in accordance with this Part of this Act,
the [F24person to whom the notice under subsection (4) above is delivered] must give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence to which the notice under subsection (4) above relates.
[F29(5A)Where the offence appears to the constable or vehicle examiner to involve obligatory endorsement, and the person is not the holder of a licence, the constable or vehicle examiner may only give him a fixed penalty notice under subsection (2) above in respect of the offence if the constable or vehicle examiner is satisfied, on accessing information held on his driving record, that he would not be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of that offence.
(5E)If a person to whom a notice has been given under subsection (5C) above delivers the notice in accordance with subsection (5D) above, and the person to whom it is delivered is satisfied, on accessing information held on his driving record, that he would not be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence, that person must give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence to which the notice under subsection (5C) relates.]
(6)A notice under subsection (4) [F30or (5C)] above shall give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence to which it relates as are necessary for giving reasonable information about the alleged offence.
(7)A licence [F31and a counterpart of a licence] surrendered [F32or delivered] in accordance with this section must be sent to the fixed penalty clerk [F33if the fixed penalty notice was given by a constable or authorised person].
(9)In this Part of this Act “authorised person”, in relation to a fixed penalty notice given at a police station, means a person authorised for the purposes of this section by or on behalf of the chief officer of police for the area in which the police station is situated [F35or a person authorised for those purposes by or on behalf of the chief constable of the British Transport Police].
F36[(10)In determining for the purposes of [F37this section] whether a person convicted of an offence would be liable to disqualification under section 35, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.]
F5Word in s. 54 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(9); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F6Words in s. 54(1) inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 103(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F7Words in s. 54(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F8Words in s. 54(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 14(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F9Words in s. 54(2) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F10Words in s. 54(3) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F11Words in s. 54(3) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 14(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F12Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(a)
F13Words in s. 54(4) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F14S. 54(4)(aa) substituted for word (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 14(4)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F15Word in s. 54(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 14(4)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F16Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(b)(i)
F17Words in s. 54(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F18Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(b)(ii)
F19Words in s. 54(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(c); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F20S. 54(4A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(6); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F21Word in s. 54(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(7)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F22Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(c)(i)
F23Words in s. 54(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(7)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F24Words in s. 54(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(7)(c); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F25Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(c)(ii)
F26Words in s. 54(5) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(7)(d), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F27Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(c)(iii)
F28Words in s. 54(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(7)(e); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F29S. 54(5A)-(5E) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 9(4), 61(1)(8)(10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F30Words in s. 54(6) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 14(5); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F31Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 15(d)
F32Words in s. 54(7) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(8)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F33Words in s. 54(7) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 3(8)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F34S. 54(8) repealed (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40, SIF 107:1), s. 83, Sch. 8; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch., Appendix
F35Words in s. 54(9) inserted (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 76(2); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(d)(vii)
F36S. 54(10) added (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 103(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F37Words in s. 54(10) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 14(6); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
C3S. 54 extended (prosp.) by 2002 c. 30, ss. 41, 108(2)-(5), Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(a)
C4S. 54 extended (2.12.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 38, Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(ii)(a)
55 Effect of fixed penalty notice given under section 54.E+W+S
(1)This section applies where a fixed penalty notice relating to an offence has been given to any person under section 54 of this Act, and references in this section to the recipient are to the person to whom the notice was given.
(b)the fixed penalty has not been paid in accordance with this Part of this Act before the end of the suspended enforcement period,
a sum equal to the fixed penalty plus one–half of the amount of that penalty may be registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against the recipient as a fine.
56 Licence receipts.E+W+S
(1)A [F38person] to whom a person surrenders [F39or delivers] his licence [F40and its counterpart] on receiving a fixed penalty notice given to him under section 54 of this Act must issue a receipt for the licence [F40and its counterpart] under this section.
(2)[F41Where the duty in section 54(7) of this Act applies, the] fixed penalty clerk may, on the application of a person who has surrendered [F42or delivered] his licence [F43and its counterpart] in those circumstances, issue a new receipt for [F44them].
(3)A receipt issued under this section ceases to have effect—
(a)if issued [F45under subsection (1) above], on the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the date of issue or such longer period as may be prescribed, and
(b)if issued [F46under subsection (2) above], on such date as he may specify in the receipt,
or, if earlier, on the return of the licence [F47and its counterpart] to the licence holder.
F38Word in s. 56(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F39Words in s. 56(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F40Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 16(a)(i)(ii)
F41Words in s. 56(2) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F42Words in s. 56(2) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F43Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 16(b)(i)(ii)
F44Word substituted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 16(b)(i)(ii)
F45Words in s. 56(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F46Words in s. 56(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F47Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 16(c)
57 Endorsement of [F48counterparts ] without hearings.E+W+S
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where a person [F49who is the holder of a licence] (referred to in this section as “the licence holder”) [F50 has been given a fixed penalty notice under section 54 of this Act in respect of an offence involving obligatory endorsement,] [F51the counterpart of] his licence may be endorsed in accordance with this section without any order of a court.
(2)[F52The counterpart of] A person’s licence may not be endorsed under this section if at the end of the suspended enforcement period—
(3)On the payment of the fixed penalty before the end of the suspended enforcement period, the [F53person to whom it is paid] must endorse the relevant particulars on the [F54counterpart of the] licence and return it [F54together with the licence] to the licence holder.
(4)Where any sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty is registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against the licence holder as a fine, the [F55person to whom the fixed penalty is required to be paid] must endorse the relevant particulars on the [F54counterpart of the] licence and return it [F54together with the licence] to the licence holder—
(a)if he is himself [F56the person] who registers that sum, on the registration of that sum, and
(b)in any other case, on being notified of the registration by [F56the person] who registers that sum.
(5)References in this section to the relevant particulars are to—
(6)[F57Where the endorsement of] [F58the counterpart of] a person’s licence under this section [F59is made by the fixed penalty clerk,] the fixed penalty clerk must send notice of the endorsement and of the particulars endorsed to the Secretary of State.
[F60(7)Subsections (3) and (4) above are subject to section 2(4)(a) of and paragraph 7(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995; and the fixed penalty clerk need not comply with subsection (6) above in a case where he sends a person’s licence and its counterpart to the Secretary of State under section 2(4)(b) of or paragraph 7(4)(b) of Schedule 1 to that Act.]
F48Word in s. 57 heading substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 15(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F49Words in s. 57(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 15(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F50Words in s. 57(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 5(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F51Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 17(a)(i)(ii)
F52Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 17(b)
F53Words in s. 57(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 5(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F54Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 17(c)(i)(ii)
F55Words in s. 57(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F56Words in s. 57(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F57Words in s. 57(6) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F58Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 17(d)
F59Words in s. 57(6) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F60S. 57(7) inserted (1.6.1997) by 1995 C. 13, s. 10(4), Sch. 2 para. 5; S.I. 1997/267, art. 2(2)
C5S. 57(3)(4) restricted (1.6.1997) by 1995 c. 13, s. 2(4)(a), Sch. 1 Pt. IV, para. 7(4)(a); S.I. 1997.267, art. 2(2)
[F6157AEndorsement of driving records without hearingsE+W+S
F61S. 57A inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 9(5), 61(1)(8)(10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
58 Effect of endorsement [F62of counterpart] without hearing.E+W+S
(1)Where [F63the counterpart of] a person’s licence is endorsed under section 57 of this Act he shall be treated for the purposes of sections 13(4), 28, 29 and 45 of this Act and of the M1Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as if—
(c)the particulars of the offence endorsed by virtue of section 57(5)(a) of this Act were particulars of his conviction of that offence.
(2)In relation to any endorsement of [F64the counterpart of] a person’s licence under section 57 of this Act—
F62Words in s. 58 heading inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 16; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F63Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 18(a)
F64Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 18(b)
[F6558AEffect of endorsement of driving record without hearingE+W+S
F65S. 58A inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 17; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F6659 Notification of court and date of trial in England and Wales.E+W
F66S. 59 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
F6760. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
F67S. 60 repealed (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 83, Sch.8; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.Appendix
C6S. 60 expressed to be amended (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 71(8)(a)(b)(c)(i)(ii)
61 Fixed penalty notice mistakenly given [F68to licence holder] : exclusion of fixed penalty procedures.E+W+S
(1)This section applies where, on inspection of a licence [F69and its counterpart] [F70surrendered or delivered under section 54] of this Act, it appears to the fixed penalty clerk [F71or the Secretary of State] that the person whose licence it is would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence in respect of which the fixed penalty notice was given.
(2)The F72... [F73counterpart of the] licence [F74must not be endorsed] under section 57 of this Act but [F75if it was sent to the fixed penalty clerk he] must instead send it [F73together with the licence] to the chief officer of police.
(3)Nothing in this Part of this Act prevents proceedings being brought in respect of the offence in respect of which the fixed penalty notice was given where those proceedings are commenced before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which that notice was given.
(4)Where proceedings in respect of that offence are commenced before the end of that period, the case is from then on to be treated in all respects as if no fixed penalty notice had been given in respect of the offence.
(5)Accordingly, where proceedings in respect of that offence are so commenced, any action taken in pursuance of any provision of this Part of this Act by reference to that fixed penalty notice shall be void (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provision—
(a)the registration under section 71 of this Act of any sum, determined by reference to the fixed penalty for that offence, for enforcement against the person whose licence it is as a fine, and
F76[(6)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) above whether a person convicted of an offence would be liable to disqualification under section 35, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.]
F68Words in s. 61 heading inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F69Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 19(a)
F70Words in s. 61(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F71Words in s. 61(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F72Words in s. 61(2) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(a), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F73Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 19(b)(i)(ii)
F74Words in s. 61(2) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F75Words in s. 61(2) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(c); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F76S. 61(6) added (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para.104; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
[F7761AFixed penalty notice mistakenly given to unlicensed person: exclusion of fixed penalty proceduresE+W+S
(1)This section applies where, on accessing information held on the driving record of a person to whom a fixed penalty notice was given under section 54 of this Act, but who is not the holder of a licence, it appears to the fixed penalty clerk or the Secretary of State that the person would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence in respect of which the fixed penalty notice was given.
(7)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) above whether a person convicted of an offence would be liable to disqualification under section 35, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.]
F77S. 61A inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 19; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
Notices fixed to vehiclesE+W+S
(1)Where on any occasion a constable [F78or a vehicle examiner] has reason to believe in the case of any stationary vehicle that a fixed penalty offence is being or has on that occasion been committed in respect of it, he may fix a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence to the vehicle unless the offence appears to him to involve obligatory endorsement.
F78Words in s. 62(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 7; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
63 Service of notice to owner if penalty not paid.E+W+S
(1)This section applies where a fixed penalty notice relating to an offence has been fixed to a vehicle under section 62 of this Act.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, if at the end of the suspended enforcement period the fixed penalty has not been paid in accordance with this Part of this Act, a notice under this section may be served by or on behalf of the [F79relevant person] on any person who appears to him (or to any person authorised to act on his behalf for the purposes of this section) to be the owner of the vehicle.
Such a notice is referred to in this Part of this Act as a “notice to owner”.
[F80(2A)In this section “the relevant person” means—
(b)if it was fixed by a vehicle examiner, the Secretary of State.]
(3)Subsection (2) above does not apply where before the end of the suspended enforcement period—
That time is referred to in this Part of this Act as the “time of the alleged offence”.
(c)must indicate that, if the fixed penalty is not paid before the end of that period, the person on whom the notice is served is asked to provide before the end of that period to the [F81relevant person] a statutory statement of ownership (as defined in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act).
(5)For the purposes of this Part of this Act, the period allowed for response to a notice to owner is the period of twenty-one days from the date on which the notice is served, or such longer period (if any) as may be specified in the notice.
(6)A notice to owner relating to any offence must indicate that the person on whom it is served may, before the end of the period allowed for response to the notice, either—
provide, together with a statutory statement of ownership provided as requested in that notice, a statutory statement of facts (as defined by Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act) having the effect referred to in paragraph 3(2) of that Schedule (that is, as a notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence given by the driver).
(7)In any case where a person on whom a notice to owner relating to any offence has been served provides a statutory statement of facts in pursuance of subsection (6)(b) above—
(b)no sum may be registered for enforcement against him as a fine in respect of the offence unless, within the period of two months immediately following the period allowed for response to the notice to owner, no summons or, in Scotland, complaint in respect of the offence in question is served on the person identified in the statement as the driver.
F79Words in s. 63(2) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 8(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F80S. 63(2A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F81Words in s. 63(4)(c) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 8(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
64 Enforcement or proceedings against owner.E+W+S
section 127(1) of the M2Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (information must be laid within six months of time offence committed) and [F82section 136(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995] (proceedings must be commenced within six months of that time) shall have effect as if for the reference to six months there were substituted a reference to twelve months.
F82Words in s. 64(7) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 71(9)
65 Restrictions on proceedings against owner and others.E+W+S
(1)In any case where a notice to owner relating to an offence may be served under section 63 of this Act, no proceedings shall be brought in respect of the offence against any person other than a person on whom such a notice has been served unless he is identified as the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence in a statutory statement of facts provided in pursuance of section 63(6)(b) of this Act by a person on whom such a notice has been served.
(2)Proceedings in respect of an offence to which a notice to owner relates shall not be brought against the person on whom the notice was served unless, before the end of the period allowed for response to the notice, he has given notice, in the manner indicated by the notice to owner, requesting a hearing in respect of the offence.
(3)Proceedings in respect of an offence to which a notice to owner relates may not be brought against any person identified as the driver of the vehicle in a statutory statement of facts provided in response to the notice if the fixed penalty is paid in accordance with this Part of this Act before the end of the period allowed for response to the notice.
(4)Once any sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty for an offence has been registered by virtue of section 64 of this Act under section 71 for enforcement as a fine against a person on whom a notice to owner relating to that offence has been served, no proceedings shall be brought against any other person in respect of that offence.
66 Hired vehicles.E+W+S
(b)at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle in respect of which the notice was served was let to another person by the vehicle-hire firm under a hiring agreement to which this section applies, and
(c)within the period allowed for response to the notice the firm provides the [F83relevant person] with the documents mentioned in subsection (2) below.
(3)In this section a “statement of liability” means a statement made by the hirer under a hiring agreement to which this section applies to the effect that the hirer acknowledges that he will be liable, as the owner of the vehicle, in respect of any fixed penalty offence which may be committed with respect to the vehicle during the currency of the hiring agreement and giving such information as may be prescribed.
(4)In any case where this section applies, sections 63, 64 and 65 of this Act shall have effect as if—
and accordingly references in this Part of this Act (with the exceptions mentioned below) to a notice to owner include references to a notice served under section 63 of this Act as it applies by virtue of this section.
This subsection does not apply to references to a notice to owner in this section or in section 81(2)(b) of or Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act.
(5)In any case where this section applies, a person authorised in that behalf by the [F84person] to whom the documents mentioned in subsection (2) above are provided may, at any reasonable time within six months after service of the notice to owner (and on the production of his authority) require the firm to produce the originals of the hiring agreement and statement of liability in question.
(6)If a vehicle-hire firm fails to produce the original of a document when required to do so under subsection (5) above, this section shall thereupon cease to apply (and section 64 of this Act shall apply accordingly in any such case after that time as it applies in a case where the person on whom the notice to owner was served has failed to provide a statutory statement of ownership in response to the notice within the period allowed).
(7)This section applies to a hiring agreement under the terms of which the vehicle concerned is let to the hirer for a fixed period of less than six months (whether or not that period is capable of extension by agreement between the parties or otherwise); and any reference in this section to the currency of the hiring agreement includes a reference to any period during which, with the consent of the vehicle-hire firm, the hirer continues in possession of the vehicle as hirer, after the expiry of the fixed period specified in the agreement, but otherwise on the terms and conditions so specified.
“hiring agreement” refers only to an agreement which contains such particulars as may be prescribed and does not include a hire-purchase agreement within the meaning of the M3Consumer Credit Act 1974, F85...
[F86 “relevant person” means—
(b)if it was fixed by a vehicle examiner, the Secretary of State, and]
F83Words in s. 66(1)(c) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 9(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F84Word in s. 66(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 9(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F85Word in s. 66(8) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(d)
F86Words in s. 66(8) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 9(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
C7Definitions in s. 66 applied (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 82(1); S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3,Sch
67 False statements in response to notices to owner.E+W+S
A person who, in response to a notice to owner, provides a statement which is false in a material particular and does so recklessly or knowing it to be false in that particular is guilty of an offence.
68“Owner”, “statutory statement” and “official form”.E+W+S
(1)For the purposes of this Part of this Act, the owner of a vehicle shall be taken to be the person by whom the vehicle is kept; and for the purposes of determining, in the course of any proceedings brought by virtue of section 64(3) of this Act, who was the owner of a vehicle at any time, it shall be presumed that the owner was the person who was the registered keeper of the vehicle at that time.
(2)Notwithstanding the presumption in subsection (1) above, it is open to the defence in any proceedings to prove that the person who was the registered keeper of a vehicle at a particular time was not the person by whom the vehicle was kept at that time and to the prosecution to prove that the vehicle was kept by some other person at that time.
(3)References in this Part of this Act to statutory statements of any description are references to the statutory statement of that description defined in Schedule 4 to this Act; and that Schedule shall also have effect for the purpose of requiring certain information to be provided in official forms for the statutory statements so defined to assist persons in completing those forms and generally in determining what action to take in response to a notice to owner.
(4)In this Part of this Act “official form”, in relation to a statutory statement mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act or a statement under section 66(2) of this Act, means a document supplied by or on behalf of a chief officer of police [F87or the Secretary of State] for use in making that statement.
F87Words in s. 68(4) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
The fixed penalty procedureE+W+S
69 Payment of penalty.E+W+S
(1)[F88Where a fixed penalty notice has been given or fixed by a constable or authorised person under this Part of this Act, payment of the fixed penalty] must be made to such [F89designated officer for a magistrates' court] or, in Scotland, clerk of court as may be specified in the fixed penalty notice relating to that penalty.
[F90(1A)Where a fixed penalty notice has been given or fixed by a vehicle examiner, or given by the Secretary of State, under this Part of this Act, payment of the fixed penalty must be made to the Secretary of State.]
(2)Without prejudice to payment by any other method, payment of a fixed penalty under this Part of this Act may be made by properly addressing, pre-paying and posting a letter containing the amount of the penalty (in cash or otherwise) and, unless the contrary is proved, shall be regarded as having been made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(3)A letter is properly addressed for the purposes of subsection (2) above if it is addressed to the fixed penalty clerk [F91, or the Secretary of State,] at the address specified in the fixed penalty notice relating to the fixed penalty as the address at which the fixed penalty may be paid.
(4)References in this Part of this Act [F92(except in sections 75 to [F9377A] )], in relation to any fixed penalty or fixed penalty notice, to the fixed penalty clerk are references to the [F94designated officer or] clerk specified in accordance with subsection (1) above in the fixed penalty notice relating to that penalty or (as the case may be) in that fixed penalty notice.
F88Words in s. 69(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 11(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F89Words in s. 69(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 315(2); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F90S. 69(1A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 11(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F91Words in s. 69(3) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 11(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F92Words in s. 69(4) inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 105; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F93Word in s. 69(4) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 20; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F94Words in s. 69(4) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 315(3); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
70 Registration certificates.E+W+S
(1)This section and section 71 of this Act apply where by virtue of section 55(3) or 64(2) of this Act a sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty for any offence may be registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against any person as a fine.
In this section and section 71 of this Act—
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, the [F95relevant person] may in respect of any sum payable in default issue a certificate (referred to in this section and section 71 as a “registration certificate”) stating that the sum is registrable under section 71 for enforcement against the defaulter as a fine.
[F96(2A)In subsection (2) above “the relevant person” means—
(b)if it was given or fixed by a vehicle examiner or given by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State.]
(3)Where the fixed penalty notice in question was given to the defaulter under section 54 in respect of an offence committed in Scotland—
(a)subsection (2) above does not apply, but
(b)the [F97appropriate person] must, unless the defaulter appears to him to reside within the jurisdiction of the court of summary jurisdiction of which he is himself the clerk, issue a registration certificate in respect of the sum payable in default.
[F98(3A)In subsection (3) above “the appropriate person” means—
(4)Where [F99a person] issues a registration certificate under this section, he must—
(a)if the defaulter appears to him to reside in England and Wales, cause it to be sent to the [F100designated officer for the local justice] area in which the defaulter appears to him to reside, F101...
(b)if the defaulter appears to him to reside in Scotland, cause it to be sent to the clerk of a court of summary jurisdiction for the area in which the defaulter appears to him to reside, [F102and
(ii)if the offence was committed in Scotland, cause it to be sent to the clerk of a court of summary jurisdiction for the area in which the offence was committed.]
(5)A registration certificate issued under this section in respect of any sum payable in default must—
(b)indicate whether registration is authorised under section 55(3) or 64(2) of this Act, and
F95Words in s. 70(2) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 12(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F96S. 70(2A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 12(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F97Words in s. 70(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 12(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F98S. 70(3A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 12(5); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F99Words in s. 70(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 12(6); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F100Words in s. 70(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 316; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F101Word in s. 70(4) repealed (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(8)(10), Sch. 7(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(c)
F102S. 70(4)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 21(1); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
71 Registration of sums payable in default.E+W+S
[F103(1)Where, in England and Wales, [F104the designated officer for a local justice area] receives a registration certificate issued under section 70 of this Act in respect of any sum payable in default—
(a)if it appears to him that the defaulter resides in a [F105local justice area for which he is the designated officer], he must register that sum for enforcement as a fine in that area by entering it in the register of a magistrates’ court [F106acting in] that area, [F107or]
(b)if it appears to him that the defaulter resides in any [F108other local justice] area in England and Wales, he must send the certificate to the [F109designated officer for] that area, or
(c)if it appears to him that the defaulter resides in Scotland, he must send the certificate to the clerk of the court of summary jurisdiction for the area in which the defaulter appears to him to reside, [F110or
(iii)in a case where it was committed in Scotland, he must send the certificate to the clerk of a court of summary jurisdiction for the area in which the offence was committed.]
(a)if it appears to him that the defaulter resides in the area of the court, he must register that sum for enforcement as a fine by that court, [F111or]
(c)if it appears to him that the defaulter resides in England and Wales, he must send the certificate to the [F112designated officer for the local justice] area in which the defaulter appears to him to reside, [F113or
(iii)in a case where it was committed in England or Wales, he must send the certificate to the designated officer for the local justice area in which the offence was committed.]
(2A)Subsections (1) and (2) apply to [F114officers] and clerks who receive certificates pursuant to the provision they contain as they apply to the original recipients.]
(a)the fixed penalty notice in question was given to the defaulter under section 54 of this Act in respect of an offence committed in Scotland, and
(b)the defaulter appears to the fixed penalty clerk to reside within the jurisdiction of the court of summary jurisdiction of which he is himself the clerk,
the fixed penalty clerk must register the sum payable in default for enforcement as a fine by that court.
(6)On registering any sum under this section for enforcement as a fine, the [F116designated officer for a local justice] area or, as the case may be, the clerk of a court of summary jurisdiction must give to the defaulter notice of registration—
(a)specifying the amount of that sum, and
(b)giving the information with respect to the offence and the authority for registration included in the registration certificate by virtue of section 70(5)(a) and (b) of this Act or (in a case within subsection (3) above) the corresponding information.
(7)On the registration of any sum in a magistrates’ court or a court of summary jurisdiction by virtue of this section any enactment referring (in whatever terms) to a fine imposed or other sum adjudged to be paid on the conviction of such a court shall have effect in the case in question as if the sum so registered were a fine imposed by that court on the conviction of the defaulter on the date of the registration.
(8)Accordingly, in the application by virtue of this section of the provisions of the M4Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 relating to the satisfaction and enforcement of sums adjudged to be paid on the conviction of a magistrates’ court, section 85 of that Act (power to remit a fine in whole or in part) is not excluded by subsection (2) of that section (references in that section to a fine not to include any other sum adjudged to be paid on a conviction) from applying to a sum registered in a magistrates’ court by virtue of this section.
(9)For the purposes of this section, where the defaulter is a body corporate, the place where that body resides and the address of that body are either of the following—
(a)the registered or principal office of that body, and
(b)the address which, with respect to the vehicle concerned, is the address recorded in the record kept under [F117the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994] as being that body’s address.
F103S. 71(1)-(2A) substituted (1.4.2001) for subsections (1) and (2) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 150(2) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F104Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(2)(a); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F105Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(2)(b); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F106Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(2)(c); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F107Word in s. 71(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F108Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(2)(d); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F109Words in s. 71(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(2)(e); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F110S. 71(1)(d) and word inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 22(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F111Word in s. 71(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 22(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F112Words in s. 71(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(3); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F113S. 71(2)(d) and word inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 22(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F114Word in s. 71(2A) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(4); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F115S. 71(4)(5) repealed (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F116Words in s. 71(6) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 317(5); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F117Words in S. 71(9)(b) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66, Sch. 3 para. 25(1) (with s. 57(4))
72 Notices on-the-spot [F118etc.]: when registration and endorsement invalid.E+W+S
(a)a person who has received notice of the registration, by virtue of section 55(3) of this Act, of a sum under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against him as a fine makes a statutory declaration to the effect mentioned in subsection (2) below, and
(b)that declaration is, within twenty-one days of the date on which the person making it received notice of the registration, served on the [F119proper officer] of the relevant court.
(2)The statutory declaration must state—
(3)In any case within subsection (2)(a) above, the relevant fixed penalty notice, the registration and any proceedings taken before the declaration was served for enforcing payment of the sum registered shall be void.
(4)Where in any case within subsection (2)(a) above the person to whom the relevant fixed penalty notice was given surrendered [F120or delivered] a licence [F121and its counterpart] held by the person making the declaration, any endorsement of [F122that counterpart] made under section 57 of this Act in respect of the offence in respect of which that notice was given shall be void.
[F123(4A)Where in any case within subsection (2)(a) above the driving record of the person to whom the relevant fixed penalty notice was given was endorsed under section 57A of this Act in respect of the offence in respect of which the notice was given, the endorsement shall be void.]
(5)In any case within subsection (2)(b) above—
(a)the registration, any proceedings taken before the declaration was served for enforcing payment of the sum registered, and any endorsement, in respect of the offence in respect of which the relevant fixed penalty notice was given, made under section 57 [F124or 57A] of this Act before the declaration was served, shall be void, and
(6)The [proper officer] of the relevant court must—
(a)cancel an endorsement of [F125the counterpart of] a licence under section 57 of this Act that is void by virtue of this section on production of the licence [F125and its counterpart] to him for that purpose, and
(b)send notice of the cancellation to the Secretary of State.
[F126(6A)The proper officer of the relevant court must send notice to the Secretary of State of any endorsement of a person's driving record that is void by virtue of this section and the Secretary of State must adjust the endorsements on that record accordingly.]
(7)References in this section to the relevant fixed penalty notice are to the fixed penalty notice relating to the fixed penalty concerned.
F118Word in s. 72 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 13(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F119Words in s. 72(1)(b)(6) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 151 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F120Words in s. 72(4) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 13(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F121Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 20(a)(i)(ii)
F122Words substituted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 20(a)(i)(ii)
F123S. 72(4A) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 23(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F124Words in s. 72(5)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 23(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F125Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 20(b)(i)(ii)
F126S. 72(6A) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 23(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
73 Notices fixed to vehicles: when registration invalid.E+W+S
(a)a person who has received notice of the registration, by virtue of section 64(2) of this Act, of a sum under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against him as a fine makes a statutory declaration to the effect mentioned in subsection (2) below, and
(b)that declaration is, within twenty-one days of the date on which the person making it received notice of the registration, served on the [F127proper officer] of the relevant court.
(2)The statutory declaration must state either—
(3)In any case within subsection (2)(a) or (b) above—
shall be void but without prejudice, in a case within subsection (2)(a) above, to the service of a further notice to owner under section 63 of this Act on the person making the declaration.
This subsection applies whether or not the relevant notice to owner was duly served in accordance with that section on the person making the declaration.
(4)In any case within subsection (2)(c) above—
(a)no proceedings shall be taken, after the statutory declaration is served until the end of the period of twenty-one days following the date of that declaration, for enforcing payment of the sum registered, and
(b)where before the end of that period a notice is served by or on behalf of [F128the relevant person] on the person making the declaration asking him to provide a new statutory statement of ownership to [F128the relevant person] before the end of the period of twenty-one days from the date on which the notice is served, no such proceedings shall be taken until the end of the period allowed for response to that notice.
[F129(4A)In subsection (4) above “the relevant person” means—
(5)Where in any case within subsection (2)(c) above—
(a)no notice is served F130... in accordance with subsection (4) above, or
(b)F131... a notice is so served and the person making the declaration provides a new statutory statement of ownership in accordance with the notice,
(ii)the case shall be treated after the time mentioned in subsection (6) below as if the person making the declaration had given notice requesting a hearing in respect of the alleged offence as stated in the declaration.
(6)The time referred to in subsection (5) above is—
(a)in a case within paragraph (a) of that subsection, the end of the period of twenty-one days following the date of the statutory declaration,
(b)in a case within paragraph (b) of that subsection, the time when the statement is provided.
(7)In any case where notice is served F132... in accordance with subsection (4) above, [F133the person by whom it is served] must cause the [F127proper officer] of the relevant court to be notified of that fact immediately on service of the notice.
(8)References in this section to the relevant notice to owner are to the notice to owner relating to the fixed penalty concerned.
F127Words in s. 73(1)(b)(7) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 151 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F128Words in s. 73(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 14(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F129S. 73(4A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 14(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F130Words in s. 73(5) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 14(4)(a), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F131Word in s. 73(5) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 14(4)(b), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F132Words in s. 73(7) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 14(5)(a), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F133Words in s. 73(7) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 14(5)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
74 Provisions supplementary to sections 72 and 73.E+W+S
(1)In any case within section 72(2)(b) or 73(2) of this Act—
(a)section 127(1) of the M5Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (limitation of time), and
(b)section 331(1) of the M6Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (statutory offences time limit),
shall have effect as if for the reference to the time when the offence was committed or (as the case may be) the time when the contravention occurred there were substituted a reference to the date of the statutory declaration made for the purposes of section 72(1) or, as the case may be, 73(1).
(2)Where, on the application of a person who has received notice of the registration of a sum under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against him as a fine, it appears to the relevant court (which for this purpose may be composed of a single justice) that it was not reasonable to expect him to serve, within twenty-one days of the date on which he received the notice, a statutory declaration to the effect mentioned in section 72(2) or, as the case may be, 73(2) of this Act, the court may accept service of such a declaration by that person after that period has expired.
(3)A statutory declaration accepted under subsection (2) above shall be taken to have been served as required by section 72(1) or, as the case may be, section 73(1) of this Act.
(4)For the purposes of sections 72(1) and 73(1) of this Act, a statutory declaration shall be taken to be duly served on the [F134proper officer] of the relevant court if it is delivered to him, left at his office, or sent in a registered letter or by the recorded delivery service addressed to him at his office.
(5)In sections 72, 73 and this section—
(a)references to the relevant court are—
(i)in the case of a sum registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement as a fine in a [F135local justice] area in England and Wales, references to any magistrates’ court acting [F136in that area], and
(ii)in the case of a sum registered under that section for enforcement as a fine by a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland, references to that court,
[F137(b)references to the proper officer of the relevant court are—
(i)in the case of a magistrates’ court, references to the [F138designated officer] for that court, and
(ii)in the case of a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland, references to the clerk of the court, and]
(c)references to proceedings for enforcing payment of the sum registered are references to any process issued or other proceedings taken for or in connection with enforcing payment of that sum.
(6)For the purposes of sections 72, 73 and this section, a person shall be taken to receive notice of the registration of a sum under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against him as a fine when he receives notice either of the registration as such or of any proceedings for enforcing payment of the sum registered.
(7)Nothing in the provisions of sections 72 or 73 or this section is to be read as prejudicing any rights a person may have apart from those provisions by virtue of the invalidity of any action purportedly taken in pursuance of this Part of this Act which is not in fact authorised by this Part of this Act in the circumstances of the case; and, accordingly, references in those provisions to the registration of any sum or to any other action taken under or by virtue of any provision of this Part of this Act are not to be read as implying that the registration or action was validly made or taken in accordance with that provision.
F134Words in s. 74(4) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 152(2) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F135Words in s. 74(5) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 318(a); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F136Words in s. 74(5) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 318(b); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F137S. 74(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 152(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F138Words in s. 74(5) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 318(c); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F139[Conditional offer of fixed penaltyE+W+S
F139Ss. 75-77 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s.34; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F140 75 Issue of conditional offer.E+W+S
a notice under this section may be sent to the alleged offender by or on behalf of the chief officer of police [F141or, if the constable is a member of the British Transport Police, by or on behalf of the chief constable of the British Transport Police.]
[F142(1A)Where in England and Wales—
a notice under this section may be sent to the alleged offender by the Secretary of State.]
[F143(3A)Where a constable is a constable of the British Transport Police Force subsection (3) shall have effect as if the reference to the chief constable were a reference to the chief constable of that force.]
[F144(3B)Where in Scotland a vehicle examiner—
a notice under this section.]
(4)Subsections (2) [F145to (3B)] above shall not apply where a fixed penalty notice has been fixed to a vehicle under section 62 of this Act.
(5)A notice under this section is referred to in this section and sections 76 and [F146, 77 and 77A] as a “conditional offer”.
(6)Where a [F147conditional offer is issued by a person under subsection (1), (2) or (3) above], he must notify the [F148designated officer], or in Scotland clerk of court, specified in it of its issue and its terms; and [F149he] is referred to in this section and sections 76 and [F150, 77 and 77A] as “the fixed penalty clerk”.
(8)A conditional offer [F151sent to an alleged offender who is the holder of a licence] must indicate that if the following conditions are fulfilled, that is—
(i)makes payment of the fixed penalty to [F152the appropriate person], and
(ii)where the offence to which the offer relates is an offence involving obligatory endorsement, at the same time delivers his licence and its counterpart to [F152the appropriate person], and
(b)where his licence and its counterpart are so delivered, [F152the appropriate person] is satisfied on inspecting them that, if the alleged offender were convicted of the offence, he would not be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act,
[F153(8A)A conditional offer sent to an alleged offender who is not the holder of a licence must indicate that if the following conditions are fulfilled, that is—
(9)For the purposes of the [F154conditions] set out in subsection (8)(b) [F155and (8A)(b)] above, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.
[F156(11A)In this section and sections 76 and [F157, 77 and 77A] of this Act “the appropriate person” means—
(b)where the conditional offer was issued under subsection (1A) or (3B) above, the Secretary of State.]
(12)In relation to licences which came into force before 1st June 1990, the references in subsection (8) above to the counterpart of a licence shall be disregarded.]
F140Ss. 75-77 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 34; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F141Words in s. 75((1) inserted (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 76(3); S.I. 2002/2306 art. 2(d)(vii)
F142S. 75(1A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 15(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F143S. 75(3A) inserted (1.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), s. 69(2); S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(zz)
F144S. 75(3B) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 15(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F145Words in s. 75(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 15(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F146Words in s. 75(5) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F147Words in s. 75(6) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 15(5); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F148Words in s. 75(6) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 319; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F149Words in s. 75(6) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 para. 153(a)(b) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F150Words in s. 75(6) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F151Words in s. 75(8) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F152Words in s. 75(8) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 15(6); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F153S. 75(8A) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(5); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F154Word in s. 75(9) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(6)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F155Words in s. 75(9) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(6)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F156S. 75(11A) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 15(7); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F157Words in s. 75(11A) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 24(7); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F15876 Effect of offer and payment of penalty.E+W+S
(1)This section applies where a conditional offer has been [F159issued] to a person under section 75 of this Act.
[F160(2)Where the alleged offender makes payment of the fixed penalty in accordance with the conditional offer, no proceedings shall be brought against him for the offence to which the offer relates unless subsection (3) below applies.
(a)it appears to the appropriate person, on inspecting the licence and its counterpart [F161or (where the alleged offender is not the holder of a licence) accessing information held on his driving record ], that the alleged offender would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence to which the conditional offer relates,
(b)the appropriate person returns the payment to the alleged offender together with [F162 (where he is the holder of a licence)] his licence and its counterpart, and
(4)Where the requirements specified in the conditional offer in accordance with sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of section 75(8)(a) [F163or (8A)(a)] of this Act have not been fulfilled, no proceedings shall be brought against the alleged offender for the offence to which the offer relates—
(6)In determining for the purposes of subsection [F164(3)(a)] above whether a person convicted of an offence would be liable to disqualification under section 35, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.
(7)In any proceedings a certificate that by a date specified in the certificate payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by [F165the appropriate person] shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by [F165the appropriate person], be evidence, or in Scotland sufficient evidence, of the facts stated.
(8)In relation to licences which came into force before 1st June 1990, the references in subsection [F166(3)] above to the counterpart of a licence shall be disregarded.
(9)In Scotland, the Secretary of State may by regulations vary the provisions of subsection [F167(5)(b) or (c)] above.
F158 Ss. 75-77 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1) , s. 34 ; S.I. 1992/1286 , art. 2 , Sch.
F159 Word in s. 76(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49) , s. 61(1) (10) , Sch. 1 para. 16(2) ; S.I. 2008/3164 , art. 3(b)
F160 S. 76(2)-(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49) , s. 61(1) (10) , Sch. 1 para. 16(3) ; S.I. 2008/3164 , art. 3(b)
F161Words in s. 76(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F162Words in s. 76(3)(b) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F163Words in s. 76(4) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 25(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F164 Word in s. 76(6) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49) , s. 61(1) (10) , Sch. 1 para. 16(4) ; S.I. 2008/3164 , art. 3(b)
F165 Words in s. 76(7) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49) , s. 61(1) (10) , Sch. 1 para. 16(5) ; S.I. 2008/3164 , art. 3(b)
F166 Word in s. 76(8) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49) , s. 61(1) (10) , Sch. 1 para. 16(6) ; S.I. 2008/3164 , art. 3(b)
F167 Words in s. 76(9) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49) , s. 61(1) (10) , Sch. 1 para. 16(7) ; S.I. 2008/3164 , art. 3(b)
F16977 Endorsement [F168of counterparts] where penalty paid.E+W+S
(a)in pursuance of a conditional offer a person [F170who is the holder of a licence] (referred to in this section as the “licence holder”) makes payment of the fixed penalty to [F171the appropriate person] and delivers his licence and its counterpart to [F171the appropriate person], and
[F172(b)proceedings against the alleged offender for the offence to which the conditional offer relates are excluded by section 76 of this Act,]
the [F173appropriate person] must forthwith endorse the relevant particulars on the counterpart of the licence and return it to the licence holder together with the licence.
(2)Where [F174in Scotland it appears to the appropriate person] that there is an error in an endorsement made by virtue of this section on the counterpart of a licence he may amend the endorsement so as to correct the error; and the amended endorsement shall have effect and shall be treated for all purposes as if it had been correctly made on receipt of the fixed penalty.
(a)any endorsement made by [F175the appropriate person] under subsection (1) above remains effective, notwithstanding that the licence holder is still liable to prosecution in respect of the alleged offence to which the endorsement relates, and
(b)[F176unless the appropriate person is the Secretary of State, the appropriate person] must, upon the expiry of the period specified in the conditional offer or, if the period has expired, forthwith notify the person [F177required to be notified] that no payment has been made.
(4)When proceedings are brought against a licence holder [F178where subsection (3) above applies], the court—
(6)[F179Where the appropriate person is the fixed penalty clerk, he] must send notice to the Secretary of State—
[F180(10)Subsection (1) above is subject to section 2(4)(a) of and paragraph 7(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995; and the fixed penalty clerk need not send a notice falling within subsection (6)(a) above in a case where he sends a person’s licence and its counterpart to the Secretary of State under section 2(4)(b) of or paragraph 7(4)(b) of Schedule 1 to that Act.]
F168Words in s. 77 heading inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 26(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F169Ss. 75-77 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 34; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F170Words in s. 77(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 26(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F171Words in s. 77(1)(a) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F172S. 77(1)(b) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F173Words in s. 77(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F174Words in s. 77(2) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(5); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F175Words in s. 77(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(6)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F176Words in s. 77(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(6)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F177Words in s. 77(3) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(6)(c); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F178Words in s. 77(4) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(7); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F179Words in s. 77(6) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 17(8); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F180S. 77(10) inserted (1.6.1997) by 1995 c. 13, s. 10(4), Sch. 2 para. 6 (with ss. 8, 10(3)); S.I. 1997/267, art. 2(2)
C8S. 77(1) restricted (1.6.1997) by 1995 c. 13, ss. 2(4)(a), 6, Sch. 1 Pt. IV, para. 7(4)(a) (with ss. 8, 10(3)); S.I. 1997/267, art. 2(2)
[F18177AEndorsement of driving records where penalty paidE+W+S
(10)In relation to any endorsement of a person's driving record under this section, the references in section 13(4) of this Act to any order made on a person's conviction are to be read as references to the endorsement itself.]
F181S. 77A inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 27; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
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78 General restriction on proceedings.E+W+S
(1)Proceedings shall not be brought against any person for the offence to which a fixed penalty notice relates until the end of the suspended enforcement period.
(2)Proceedings shall not be brought against any person for the offence to which a fixed penalty notice relates if the fixed penalty is paid in accordance with this Part of this Act before the end of the suspended enforcement period.
(1)In any proceedings a certificate that a copy of a statement by a constable [F182or vehicle examiner] with respect to the alleged offence (referred to in this section as a “[F183relevant] witness statement”) was included in or given with a fixed penalty notice or a notice under section [F18454(4)] of this Act given to the accused on a date specified in the certificate shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by the F185... person who gave the accused the notice, be evidence of service of a copy of that statement by delivery to the accused on that date.
(2)In any proceedings a certificate that a copy of a [F186relevant] witness statement was included in or served with a notice to owner served on the accused in the manner and on a date specified in the certificate shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by any person employed [F187as a civilian police employee] for the police area in which the offence to which the proceedings relate is alleged to have been committed [F188or on behalf of the Secretary of State], be evidence of service in the manner and on the date so specified both of a copy of that statement and of the notice to owner.
(4)Where a copy of a [F189relevant] witness statement is included in or served with a notice to owner served in any manner in which the notice is authorised to be served under this Part of this Act, the statement shall be treated as duly served for the purposes of section 9 of the M7Criminal Justice Act 1967 (proof by written statement) notwithstanding that the manner of service is not authorised by subsection (8) of that section.
(5)In relation to any proceedings in which service of a [F189relevant] witness statement is proved by certificate under this section—
[F190(5A)For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is employed as a civilian police employee for a police area if—
(b)where a notice in respect of the offence was given to the accused under section 54(4) of this Act but no fixed penalty notice is given in respect of it, the last day for [F191delivery of the notice].
F182Words in s. 79(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F183Word in s. 79(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F184Word in s. 79(1) substituted (8.11.2006) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 58(4), 61(9)
F185Words in s. 79(1) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(c), Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F186Word in s. 79(2) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(3)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F187Words in s. 79(2) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 198(2); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F188Words in s. 79(2) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(3)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F189Word in s. 79(4)(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(4); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F190S. 79(5A) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 198(3); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F191Words in s. 79(6) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 18(5); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
80 Certificates about payment.E+W+S
In any proceedings a certificate—
(a)that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received, by a date specified in the certificate, by the [F192person to whom it was required to be paid], or
shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by the [F192person to whom it was required to be paid], be evidence (and, in Scotland, sufficient evidence) of the facts stated.
F192Words in s. 80 substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 19; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
81 Documents signed by the accused.E+W+S
(b)the prosecutor produces to the court a document to which this subsection applies purporting to have been signed by the accused,
the document shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been signed by the accused and shall be evidence (and, in Scotland, sufficient evidence) in the proceedings of any facts stated in it tending to show that the accused was the owner, the hirer or the driver of the vehicle concerned at a particular time.
(2)Subsection (1) above applies to any document purporting to be—
(b)a statutory statement of any description defined in Schedule 4 to this Act or a copy of a statement of liability within the meaning of section 66 of this Act provided in response to a notice to owner.
82 Accounting for fixed penalties: England and Wales.E+W+S
(1)In England and Wales, sums paid [F193to the fixed penalty clerk] by way of fixed penalty for an offence shall be treated for the purposes of [F194section 38 of the Courts Act 2003 (application of receipts of designated officers)] as if they were fines imposed on summary conviction for that offence.
F195(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F195(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F193Words in s. 82(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 20; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F194Words in s. 82(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 320(2); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F195S. 82(2)(2A)(3) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 320(3), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
C9S. 82 modified (temp.) (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/685, reg. 6(2)(b)
S. 82 modified (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, s. 73(1), 74, Sch. 4 Pt. II, para. 7(2)(d)(i)
C10S. 82(1)(2): Functions of the Secretary of State transferred to the Lord Chancellor (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/709, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
83 Powers of court [F196in cases of deception].E+W+S
(a)in endorsing [F197the counterpart of] any person’s licence under section 57 of this Act, the fixed penalty clerk [F198or the Secretary of State] is deceived as to whether endorsement under that section is excluded by section 61(2) of this Act by virtue of the fact that the licence holder would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence, or
(b)in endorsing [F199the counterpart of] any person’s licence under section 77 of this [F200Act the appropriate person is deceived as to whether proceedings against the person are excluded by section 76 of this Act] by virtue of the fact that the licence holder would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence.
[F201(1A)This section also applies where—
(b)particulars are endorsed on a person's driving record under section 77A of this Act because the appropriate person or court is deceived as to whether proceedings against the person are excluded by section 76 of this Act by virtue of the fact that the person to whom the conditional offer is issued would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence.]
(a)the deception constituted or was due to an offence committed by the [F202person to whom the fixed penalty notice was given or conditional offer was issued] , and
(b)[F203he] is convicted of that offence,
the court by or before which he is convicted shall have the same powers and duties as it would have had if he had also been convicted by or before it of the offence of which particulars were endorsed under section 57 [F204or 57A] or, as the case may be, 77 [F205or 77A] of this Act.
F196Words in s. 83 heading substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 21(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F197Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2 para. 24(a)
F198Words in s. 83(1)(a) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 21(2)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F199Words inserted by S.I. 1990/144, regs. 2(2), 3, Sch. 2, para. 24(b)(i)(ii)
F200Words in s. 83(1)(b) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 21(2)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F201S. 83(1A) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 28(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F202Words in s. 83(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 28(3)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F203Word in s. 83(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 28(3)(b); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F204Words in s. 83(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 28(3)(c); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F205Words in s. 83(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 28(3)(d); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
84 Regulations.E+W+S
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to any matter incidental to the operation of this Part of this Act, and in particular—
(a)for prescribing any information or further information to be provided in any notice, notification, certificate or receipt under section 52(1), 54(4) [F206or (5C)], 56, 59(1), F207... 63(2), 70(2) and (3)(b), 73(4)(b), [F20875(1), (1A), (2), (3) or (3B) or 76(3)(c) or (4)(b)] of this Act or in any official form for a statutory statement mentioned in Schedule 4 to, or a statement under section 66(2) of, this Act, [F209and
(b)the amount of the penalty stated in the offer is less than the fixed penalty applicable in the circumstances,]
F206Words in s. 84(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 29; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
F207Words in s. 84(a) repealed (8.11.2006) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(9), Sch. 7(19)
F208Words in s. 84 substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 22; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F209S. 84(b) and word substituted for s. 84(b)(c) (5.1.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 3(3), 61(1)(10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 2(a)
[F21084ANotices to Secretary of StateE+W+S
Any notice sent to the Secretary of State under this Part must be sent in such manner and to such address and contain such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine.]
F210S. 84A inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 30; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)
85 Service of documents.E+W+S
(1)Subject to any requirement of this Part of this Act with respect to the manner in which a person may be provided with any such document, he may be provided with the following documents by post (but without prejudice to any other method of providing him with them), that is to say—
(a)any of the statutory statements mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act, and
(b)any of the documents mentioned in section 66(2) of this Act.
(2)Where a notice requesting a hearing in respect of an offence is permitted by a fixed penalty notice or notice to owner relating to that offence to be given by post, section 7 of the M8Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents by post) shall apply as if that notice were permitted to be so given by this Act.
(3)A notice to owner may be served on any person—
and where the person on whom such a notice is to be served is a body corporate it is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body.
(4)For the purposes of this Part of this Act and of section 7 of the M9Interpretation Act 1978 as it applies for the purposes of subsection (3) above the proper address of any person in relation to the service on him of a notice to owner is—
(a)in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, that of the registered or principal office of that body or the registered address of the person who is or was the registered keeper of the vehicle concerned at the time of service, and
(5)In subsection (4) above, “registered address”, in relation to the registered keeper of a vehicle, means the address recorded in the record kept under [F211the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994] with respect to that vehicle as being that person’s address.
F211Words in s. 85(5) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, s. 63, Sch. 3 para. 25(1) (with s. 57(4))
86 Functions of traffic wardens.E+W+S
(1)An order under section 95(5) of the M10Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 may not authorise the employment of a traffic warden to discharge any function under this Part of this Act in respect of an offence if the offence appears to the traffic warden to be an offence involving obligatory endorsement [F212unless that offence was committed whilst the vehicle concerned was stationary.].
(2)In so far as an order under that section authorises the employment of traffic wardens for the purposes of this Part of this Act, references in this Part of this Act to a constable or, as the case may be, to a constable in uniform include a traffic warden.
F212Words in s. 86(1) added (1.10.1991) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 106; S.I. 1991/2054, art. 3, Sch
87 Guidance on application of Part III.E+W+S
The Secretary of State must issue guidance to chief officers of police for police areas [F213and to the chief constable of the British Transport Police]in respect of the operation of this Part of this Act with the objective so far as possible of working towards uniformity.
F213Words in s. 87 inserted (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 76; S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(d)(vii)
88 Procedure for regulations and orders.E+W+S
(1)Any power conferred by this Part of this Act on the Secretary of State to make any order or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
89 Interpretation.E+W+S
[F214[F215 “British Transport Police” means the force of constables appointed under the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix);]]
F216[ “chief constable” means, in Scotland in relation to any conditional offer, the chief constable for the area in which the conditional offer has been issued.]
“chief officer of police” (except in the definition of “authorised person”) means, in relation to any fixed penalty notice [F217, notice to owner or conditional offer], the chief officer of police for the police area in which the fixed penalty offence in question is alleged to have been committed,
“court of summary jurisdiction” has the same meaning as in [F218section 307(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995],
F219. . .
“petty sessions area” has the same meaning as in the M11Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, and
[F220“vehicle examiner” means an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.]
(c)references to the person who is or was at any time the registered keeper of a vehicle are references to the person in whose name the vehicle is or was at that time registered under [F221the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994].
F214Definition in s. 89 ceases to have effect (1.7.2004) by virtue of Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), Sch. 5 para. 4; S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(jjj)
F215S. 89(1): Definition of British Transport Police inserted (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 76(6); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(d)(vii)
F216Definition in s. 89(1) inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 107(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F217Words in s. 89(1) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 107(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F218S. 89(1): words in definition of "court of summary jurisdiction" substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 13, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 71(10)
F219S. 89(1): Definition of “justices' clerk” repealed (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F220Definition in s. 89(1) inserted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 1 para. 23; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)
F221Words in s. 89(2)(c) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, s. 63, Sch. 3 para. 25(1)
90 Index to Part III.E+W+S
The expressions listed in the left hand column below are respectively defined or (as the case may be) fall to be construed in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.
Authorised person Section 54(9)
Conditional offer [F22275(5)]
Fixed penalty Section 53
Fixed penalty clerk Section 69(4) [F223and [F22475(6)]]
Fixed penalty notice Section 52
Fixed penalty offence Section 51
Notice to owner Sections 63(2) and 66(4)
Notice requesting a hearing in respect of an offence Section 89(2)
Offence Section 89(2)
Official form Section 68(4)
Owner Section 68(1)
Period allowed for response to a notice to owner Section 63(5)
Proper address, in relation to the service of a notice to owner Section 85(4)
Registered keeper Section 89(2)
Statutory statement of facts Part II of Schedule 4
Statutory statement of hiring Part I of Schedule 4
Statutory statement of ownership Part I of Schedule 4
Suspended enforcement period Section 52(3)(a)
Time of the alleged offence Section 63(3)
F222Words in s. 90 substituted (8.11.2006) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 58(5)(a), 61(9)
F223Words in s. 90 added (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 108(b); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F224Words in s. 90 substituted (8.11.2006) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 58(5)(b), 61(9)