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(1)This section applies where [F2in England and Wales] on any occasion a constable in uniform [F3, or a vehicle examiner who produces his authority,] has reason to believe that a person he finds
[F4(a)is committing or has on that occasion committed a fixed penalty offence; or
(b)has, within the period of 28 days before the day of that occasion, committed a Community drivers’ hours offence.]
(2)Subject to [F5the following provisions of this section] , the constable [F6or vehicle examiner] may give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.
[F7(3)Where the offence appears to the constable or vehicle examiner to involve obligatory endorsement, the constable or vehicle examiner may only give him a fixed penalty notice under subsection (2) above in respect of the offence if—
(a)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, and
(b)in the case of a person who is the holder of a licence, he produces it for inspection by the constable or vehicle examiner and surrenders it to him to be retained and dealt with in accordance with this Part of this Act.
(4)Where the offence appears to the constable or vehicle examiner to involve obligatory endorsement, subsection (5) below applies if—
(a)the constable or vehicle examiner is unable to satisfy himself, by 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, or
(b)in the case of a person who is the holder of a licence, he does not produce it for inspection by the constable or vehicle examiner.
(5)Where this subsection applies, the constable or vehicle examiner may give the person a notice stating that if—
(a)he delivers the notice and (if he is the holder of a licence) his licence in accordance with subsection (5A) below, and
(b)the requirements of subsection (5B) below are met,
he will then be given a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(5A)Delivery must—
(a)if the notice is given by a constable, be made in person, within seven days after the notice is given, to a constable or authorised person at the police station specified in the notice (being a police station chosen by the person concerned), or
(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.
(5B)If a person to whom a notice has been given under subsection (5) above delivers the notice and (if he is the holder of a licence) his licence in accordance with subsection (5A) above, and the following requirements are met, that is—
(a)the person to whom the notice 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, and
(b)if he is the holder of a licence, it is delivered to be retained and dealt with in accordance with this Part of this Act,
the person to whom the notice is delivered must give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence to which the notice under subsection (5) above relates.]
(6)A notice under subsection [F8(5)] 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 F9... surrendered [F10or delivered] in accordance with this section must be sent to the fixed penalty clerk [F11if the fixed penalty notice was given by a constable or authorised person].
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[F13(8A)In a case where this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(b), a constable or vehicle examiner may not give a person a fixed penalty notice for the Community drivers’ hours offence if the constable or vehicle examiner has reason to believe that—
(a)a fixed penalty notice has already been given under this section to the person in relation to the offence;
(b)a conditional offer has already been issued to the person under section 75 of this Act in relation to the offence;
(c)proceedings have already been initiated against the person for the offence; or
(d)any other penalty has already been imposed on, or other proceedings have already been initiated against, the person in respect of the relevant breach in Northern Ireland, another member State or a contracting third country.
(8B)In subsection (8A)(d) “relevant breach” means the breach of the applicable Community rules which constitutes the Community drivers’ hours offence concerned.]
(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 [F14or a person authorised for those purposes by or on behalf of the chief constable of the British Transport Police].
[F15(10)In determining for the purposes of [F16this 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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word 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)
F2Words 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.
F3Words 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)
F4Words in s. 54(1) substituted (31.1.2018) by The Community Drivers Hours Offences (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/24), regs. 1, 3(2) (with reg. 11)
F5Words 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)
F6Words 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)
F7S. 54(3)-(5B) substituted for s. 54(3)-(5E) (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(4), 61(1)(10) (with s. 61(3)); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
F8Word in s. 54(6) substituted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(5), 61(1)(10); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
F9Words in s. 54(7) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(6), 61(1)(10), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F10Words 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)
F11Words 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)
F12S. 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
F13S. 54(8A)(8B) inserted (31.1.2018) by The Community Drivers Hours Offences (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/24), regs. 1, 3(3) (with reg. 11)
F14Words in s. 54(9) inserted (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 76(2); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(d)(vii)
F15S. 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.
F16Words 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)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 54 extended (prosp.) by 2002 c. 30, ss. 41, 108(2)-(5), Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(a)
C2S. 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)
(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.
(2)No proceedings shall be brought against the recipient for the offence to which the fixed penalty notice relates unless before the end of the suspended enforcement period he has given notice requesting a hearing in respect of that offence in the manner specified in the fixed penalty notice.
(3)Where—
(a)the recipient has not given notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence to which the fixed penalty notice relates in the manner so specified, and
(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.
(1)A [F17person] to whom a person surrenders [F18or delivers] his licence F19... on receiving a fixed penalty notice given to him under section 54 of this Act must issue a receipt for the licence F19... under this section.
(2)[F20Where the duty in section 54(7) of this Act applies, the] fixed penalty clerk may, on the application of a person who has surrendered [F21or delivered] his licence F19... in those circumstances, issue a new receipt for [F22it].
(3)A receipt issued under this section ceases to have effect—
(a)if issued [F23under 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 [F24under subsection (2) above], on such date as he may specify in the receipt,
or, if earlier, on the return of the licence F19... to the licence holder.
Textual Amendments
F17Word 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)
F18Words 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)
F19Words in s. 56 repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 46(2), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F20Words 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)
F21Words 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)
F22Word in s. 56(2) substituted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 46(3); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
F23Words 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)
F24Words 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)
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Textual Amendments
F25Word 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)
F26S. 57 repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(7), 61(1)(10), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where a person F28... has been given a fixed penalty notice under section 54 of this Act in respect of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, his driving record may be endorsed in accordance with this section without any order of a court.
(2)A person's driving record may not be endorsed under this section if at the end of the suspended enforcement period—
(a)he has given notice, in the manner specified in the fixed penalty notice, requesting a hearing in respect of the offence to which the fixed penalty notice relates, and
(b)the fixed penalty has not been paid in accordance with this Part of this Act.
(3)If payment of the fixed penalty is made before the end of the suspended enforcement period and the person to whom the payment is made is the fixed penalty clerk, the fixed penalty clerk must send to the Secretary of State notice of the relevant particulars which are to be endorsed on the person's driving record [F29and return to that person any licence surrendered by him under section 54 of this Act.]
(4)Where any sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty is registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against the person as a fine in a case where the fixed penalty is required to be paid to the fixed penalty clerk, the fixed penalty clerk must send to the Secretary of State notice of the relevant particulars which are to be endorsed on the person's driving record [F30and return to that person any licence surrendered by him under section 54 of this Act]—
(a)if he is himself the person who registers the sum, on the registration of that sum, and
(b)in any other case, on being notified of the registration by the person who registers that sum.
(5)The Secretary of State must endorse the relevant particulars on the person's driving record if—
(a)he receives notice of them under subsection (3) or (4) above,
(b)the fixed penalty is paid to him before the end of the suspended enforcement period, or
(c)in a case where the fixed penalty is required to be paid to the Secretary of State, any sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty is registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against the person as a fine.
(6)References in this section to the relevant particulars are to—
(a)particulars of the offence, including the date when it was committed, and
(b)the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence.]
Textual Amendments
F27S. 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)
F28Words in s. 57A(1) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(9), 61(1)(10), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F29Words in s. 57A(3) inserted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(10), 61(1)(10); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
F30Words in s. 57A(4) inserted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 10(11), 61(1)(10); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
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Textual Amendments
F31Words 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)
F32S. 58 repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 47, Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
(1)Where a person's driving record is endorsed under section 57A of this Act he shall be treated for the purposes of sections 13(4), 28, 29 and 45A of this Act and of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as if—
(a)he had been convicted of the offence,
(b)the endorsement had been made in pursuance of an order made on his conviction by a court under section 44 of this Act, and
(c)the particulars of the offence endorsed by virtue of section 57A(6)(a) of this Act were particulars of his conviction of that offence.
(2)In relation to any endorsement of a person's driving record under section 57A of this Act, 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.]
Textual Amendments
F33S. 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)
Prospective
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Textual Amendments
F34S. 59 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
Textual Amendments
F35S. 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
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 60 expressed to be amended (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 71(8)(a)(b)(c)(i)(ii)
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Textual Amendments
F36Words 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)
F37S. 61 repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 48, Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
(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, F40... 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.
(2)The person's driving record must not be endorsed under section 57A of this Act.
(3)In a case where the fixed penalty is required to be paid to the fixed penalty clerk he must not send notice to the Secretary of State under section 57A of this Act but instead must notify the chief officer of police that the person to whom the fixed penalty notice was given 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 [F41and send the chief officer of police any licence sent to him under section 54(7) of this Act.]
(4)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.
(5)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.
(6)Accordingly, where proceedings in respect of that offence are so commenced, any action taken in pursuance 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 to whom the fixed penalty notice was given, and
(b)any proceedings for enforcing payment of any such sum within the meaning of sections 73 and 74 of this Act (defined in section 74(5))).
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F38S. 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)
F39Words in s. 61A heading repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 49(4), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F40Words in s. 61A(1) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 49(2), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)
F41Words in s. 61A(3) inserted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 49(3); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)
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