The Fixed Penalty Offences Order 2003

Amendment of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

2.—(1) The offences specified in paragraph (2) below shall be fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

(2) The offences referred to in paragraph (1) above are—

(a) an offence contrary to section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) (using a motor vehicle without the required test certificate being in force);

(b) an offence contrary to section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988((2) (using a motor vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third party risks); and

(c) an offence contrary to section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3) (failure of person keeping vehicle and others to give the police information as to the identity of the driver, etc, in the case of certain offences).

(3) In consequence of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the entries in Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 shall be modified as follows—

(a) after the entry relating to section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “RTA section 47” in column (1) and “Using, etc, vehicle without required test certificate being in force” in column (2);

(b) after the entry relating to section 87(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “RTA section 143” in column (1) and “Using motor vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third party risks” in column (2); and

(c) after the entry relating to section 163 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “RTA section 172” in column (1) and “Failure of person keeping vehicle and others to give the police information as to identity of driver, etc, in the case of certain offences” in column (2).

(1)

1988 c. 52. Section 47 was amended by the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22), section 63 and paragraphs 24(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Schedule 3 and the Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), section 5 and paragraphs 25 and 29 of Schedule 2.

(2)

1988 c. 52. Section 143 was amended by regulations 2(1) and (2) of the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/726).

(3)

1988 c. 52. Section 172 was substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 27), section 21 and was amended by the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22), section 63 and paragraph 24(1) of Schedule 3.