The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019

Enforcement of offences E+W+S

4.—(1) In this article, “ the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

(2) In section 20(2) (speeding offences etc: admissibility of certain evidence) M1 of the 1988 Act—

(a) after paragraph (ba) insert—

“(bb) an offence under subsection (4) of section 17 of that Act consisting in a contravention of article 2(1), 3(2) or 3(4) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019 (prohibited use of the M20 Motorway in Kent by the driver of a heavy commercial vehicle);

(bc) an offence under subsection (5) of section 20 of that Act consisting in a contravention of article 3(1) or 4(1) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 2) Order 2019 (prohibited use of local roads in Kent by the driver of a heavy commercial vehicle);”; and

(b) after paragraph (h) insert—

“(i) an offence under article 2(6)(b) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019 (contravention of a direction given by a traffic officer).”.

(3) An offence under article 2(6) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019 is a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1988 Act.

(4) In Schedule 3 (fixed penalty offences) to the 1988 Act, at the end of the table insert—

“Offence under the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019

Article 2(6) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019

Driver of a heavy commercial vehicle in Kent failing to comply with or contravening a direction given, or requirement imposed, by a traffic officer.”

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 4in force at 31.10.2019, see art 1(1); S.I. 2019/1388, art. 1(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 20(2) has been amended by S.I. 1997/384, 2001/1814, 2014/260 and 2017/294.