The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002

Enforcement by execution

22.—(1) An unpaid fixed penalty which is recoverable in accordance with regulation 21 as if it were payable under a county court order shall, subject to paragraph (2), be treated for purposes of enforcement by execution as if it were a specified debt mentioned in article 2(1) of the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993 (“the 1993 Order”)(1).

(2) For the purposes of the enforcement of payment of an unpaid fixed penalty—

(a) any reference in the 1993 Order to “the authority” shall be a reference to the appropriate authority; and

(b) the reference in article 3(1) of the 1993 Order to the time for serving a statutory declaration shall be a reference to (as the case may be)—

(i) the period of 21 days allowed by regulation 23(1)(c); or

(ii) where a longer period has been allowed pursuant to regulation 23(3), that period.

(1)

S.I. 1993/2073; See the definition of “specified debts” in article 1(2), and article 2(1), amended by S.I. 2001/1386.