The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009 to set the amount of a financial penalty deposit that a constable or vehicle examiner may require from a person believed to have committed a specified offence under the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, the Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 or the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018.

The specified offences were designated as offences for which a requirement to make a financial penalty deposit may be imposed by the Financial Penalty Deposit and Fixed Penalty Offences (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2018.

Article 3 relates to offences under section 8 of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018; this section is expected to be commenced in late 2018. This article will come into force on 1st January 2019 or when section 8 of the Act is commenced if this is on later date. The coming into force of article 5, which relates to the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018, coincides with the beginning of the roadside enforcement regime under those Regulations on 28th March 2019.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared for this instrument and is available alongside this instrument on the UK Legislation website www.legislation.gov.uk.