7(1)Section 5 (general restriction on proceedings) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1) for “until the end of” substitute “ during ”.
(3)After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)Proceedings for an offence to which a penalty notice with an education option relates may not be brought against a person who has, by the end of the suspended enforcement period, asked to attend an approved educational course relating to the offence, unless section 4(8) applies.
(2B)If the person to whom a penalty notice with an education option is given—
(a)completes, in accordance with regulations made under section 4(9), an approved educational course relating to the offence to which the notice relates, and
(b)pays the course fee in accordance with those regulations,
no proceedings may be brought for the offence.”