Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/212/body/made
Timestamp: 2018-01-22 12:31:54
Document Index: 655469766

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 2', 'ART 3', 'ART 5', 'art 7', 'art 5', 'ART 6', 'art 7', 'art 6']

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
“the 1986 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(1);
“the 1997 Regulations” means the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997(2);
“appropriate authority” in relation to–
a fixed penalty notice, means the local authority on whose behalf the notice is issued;
an authorised person, means the local authority by which that person is authorised;
“authorised person” in relation to–
the investigation or prosecution of an emissions offence means a person authorised under regulation 6(1);
the investigation or prosecution of a stationary idling offence means a person authorised under regulation 6(3);
“designated local authority” means a local authority that is for the time being designated under regulation 4(1);
“emissions offence” means using on a road a motor vehicle which does not comply with a requirement of regulation 61 (emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances etc) or 61A (emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances etc – further requirements for certain motor vehicles first used on or after 1st January 2001) of the 1986 Regulations;
“fixed penalty notice” means a notice under regulation 10 or 13;
“notice requesting a hearing” means a notice given under regulation 19(1) by a person to whom a fixed penalty notice has been issued;
“stationary idling offence” means a contravention of, or failure to comply with regulation 98 (stopping of engine when stationary) of the 1986 Regulations as it relates to the prevention of exhaust emissions.
(2) Unless the context otherwise provides, any reference in these Regulations to–
(a)a numbered section is a reference to the section of the 1995 Act bearing that number;
(b)a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;
(c)a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in that Regulation bearing that number; and
(d)a reference to a Part is a reference to a Part of these Regulations.
PART 2DESIGNATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
3.—(1) A local authority may apply to the Scottish Ministers to be a designated local authority.
(2) An application under paragraph (1) must be in writing.
4.—(1) If the Scottish Ministers, having received an application from a local authority under regulation 3, are satisfied as to the matters referred to in paragraph (2), they shall, by an instrument in writing, designate that authority.
(2) The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are that–
(a)the designation of that authority would assist it to manage the quality of air within its area; and
(b)the authority will provide, or secure the provision of, proper and adequate training for persons who may be authorised by it for the purposes of these Regulations.
(3) A designated local authority shall
(a)at least four weeks prior to exercising the powers referred to in paragraph (5), and
(b)every year thereafter,
publish a notice in one or more newspapers circulating in the area of the local authority, one or more national newspapers and the Edinburgh Gazette.
(4) A notice published under paragraph (3) must–
(a)state that the designation has been made;
(b)describe the area affected by the designation;
(c)describe the effect of the designation; and
(d)state the date on which the designated local authority intends to exercise the powers referred to in paragraph (5).
(5) A designated local authority may, in relation to its area, exercise such of the powers conferred by the following provisions of these Regulations as relate to offences.
5.—(1) If in respect of a designated authority the Scottish Ministers are not satisfied that regard is being had to any guidance they have issued pursuant to section 88 in relation to the discharge by local authorities of their powers and duties under these regulations, they may, subject to paragraph (2), by notice served on the authority, revoke its designation.
(2) The Scottish Ministers shall not serve a notice under paragraph (1) unless they have by notice informed the authority–
(a)of their proposal to revoke the authority’s designation;
(b)of their reasons for proposing to revoke the designation; and
(c)that representations may be made to them about the proposed revocation before the end of such period as may be specified in the notice under this paragraph (being not less than 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice).
(3) A notice under paragraph (1) shall specify the date on which the revocation is to take effect, and shall be accompanied by a statement of the Scottish Ministers' reasons for revoking the designation.
PART 3AUTHORISATIONS
6.—(1) A designated local authority may, subject to paragraph (2), authorise any officer of the authority, or any other person, on production of evidence of that authorisation–
(a)to carry out, in accordance with regulation 9, tests on vehicles which are in, or which are about to pass through, or which have passed through, the area of that local authority; and
(b)to issue fixed penalty notices in respect of emissions offences committed in relation to such vehicles.
(2) A person may not be authorised under paragraph (1) unless the authority is satisfied that that person has successfully completed a course of training on testing emissions which has been approved by the Scottish Ministers.
(3) A local authority (whether or not a designated local authority) may authorise any officer of the authority, or any other person, in any area of that authority–
(a)in accordance with regulation 12, to stop the commission of stationary idling offences; and
(b)to issue a fixed penalty notice in respect of such an offence committed in its area.
7. Emissions offences and stationary idling offences under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3) are hereby prescribed as fixed penalty offences for the purposes of these Regulations.
PART 5TESTS
On-the-spot and deferred emissions tests
9.—(1) An authorised person may require a person driving on a road a motor vehicle which is in, or which is about to pass through, or which has passed through, the area of the appropriate authority to permit that motor vehicle to be the subject of a test for the purpose of determining whether an emissions offence is being or has been committed.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the test referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out immediately by an authorised person.
(3) An authorised person may, instead of proceeding immediately with the test–
(a)require the test to be carried out by an authorised person at such place and time (being not later than 14 days beginning with the day on which the paragraph (1) requirement is imposed) as that authorised person shall specify when imposing that requirement; or
(b)require the person on whom the paragraph (1) requirement is imposed to present the vehicle for examination under section 45 (tests of satisfactory condition of vehicles) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
(4) When imposing a requirement under paragraph (3)(b), the authorised person shall also–
(a)require the driver of the vehicle concerned to produce, in respect of that vehicle, either a test certificate issued under section 45(2)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or a notice of failure; and
(b)specify the–
(i)date on which, and the time at which;
(ii)place at which; and
(iii)person to whom,
the certificate or notice is to be produced.
(5) The date specified under paragraph (4)(b)(i) shall be within 21 days of the day on which the authorised person imposes the requirement under paragraph (3)(b).
(6) A requirement for the production of a certificate or notice under paragraph (4)(a) shall not be treated as satisfied unless the date of issue of the document produced is on or after the date on which the requirement was imposed.
(7) A person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed by virtue of paragraphs (1), (3)(a) or (4)(a), of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
“notice of failure” means a notification, under section 45(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, of the refusal of a test certificate in which the grounds specified as those on which the vehicle failed the examination under that section do not include item 28 in paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981(4) (including that item as applied as mentioned in paragraphs 3A to 6 of that Schedule).
Issue of fixed penalty notice: emissions offence
10. Where–
(a)a test on a vehicle has been carried out as mentioned in regulation 9(2) or (3)(a); and
(b)in consequence of that test an authorised person considers that an emissions offence has been committed by the person using that vehicle,
that authorised person may, in accordance with Part 7, issue a fixed penalty notice to that person.
Furnishing of information for the purposes of Part 5
11.—(1) In connection with the discharge of an authorised person’s functions under this Part, an authorised person may require the driver of a vehicle in respect of which a requirement under regulation 9(1) is imposed to disclose to the authorised person the information set out in regulation 15.
(2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement to furnish information under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
PART 6STOPPING OF ENGINES
Stopping of an engine when vehicle stationary
12.—(1) An authorised person who has reasonable cause to believe that the driver of a vehicle that is stationary on a road is committing a stationary idling offence may, upon production of evidence of that authorised person’s authorisation, require the driver to stop the running of the engine of that vehicle.
(2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Issue of fixed penalty notice: stationary idling offence
13. An authorised person who considers that a stationary idling offence has been committed may, in accordance with Part 7, issue a fixed penalty notice to the driver of the vehicle.
Furnishing of information for the purposes of Part 6
14.—(1) In connection with the discharge of an authorised person’s functions under this Part, an authorised person may require the driver of a vehicle in respect of which a requirement under regulation 12(1) is imposed to disclose to that authorised person the information set out in regulation 15.
Information for the purposes of regulations 11 and 14
15. The information which may be required under regulations 11 and 14 is–
(a)the driver’s name and address;
(b)the driver’s date of birth; and
(c)if the driver is not the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(5) at the time that the requirement is imposed, the name of that person.