C1C2C3C4C5Part 6Civil enforcement of traffic contraventions
Pt. 6 amendment to earlier affecting provision 2006 c. 12, s. 15 15A (as amended) (14.2.2012) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Act 2011 (c. 22), ss. 5(2)-(6), 10(1)
Pt. 6 applied by 2006 c. 12, s. 16(3) (as inserted (14.2.2012) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Act 2011 (c. 22), ss. 6(4), 10(1))
Pt. 6: functions made exercisable concurrently (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 15
Pt. 6: functions made exercisable concurrently (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 17
Civil penalties for road traffic contraventions
I1I272Civil penalties for road traffic contraventions
1
The appropriate national authority may make provision by regulations for or in connection with—
a
the imposition of penalty charges in respect of road traffic contraventions that—
i
are subject to civil enforcement (see section 73), and
ii
are committed in an area that is a civil enforcement area for contraventions of that description (see section 74), and
b
the payment of such penalty charges.
2
The regulations shall include provision specifying the person or persons by whom a penalty charge in respect of a contravention is to be paid (who may be the owner of the vehicle involved in the contravention, its driver at the time of the contravention or any other appropriate person).
3
The regulations shall include provision in respect of any description of conduct for which a penalty charge may be imposed—
a
prohibiting criminal proceedings or the issuing of a fixed penalty notice in respect of conduct of that description, or
b
securing that a penalty charge is not required to be paid, or is refunded, where the conduct is the subject of criminal proceedings or of a fixed penalty notice.
4
The regulations may include provision prohibiting the imposition of a penalty charge except on the basis of—
a
a record produced by an approved device, or
b
information given by a civil enforcement officer as to conduct observed by him.
5
The regulations may—
a
specify exemptions from penalty charges, and
b
make provision for discounts or surcharges, or both.
Pt. 6 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (5.10.2009) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12), ss. 15(2)(3), 40(2) (with s. 40(6)); S.I. 2009/2577, art. 2