[F116JRegulations about penalties etc under section 16IE+W
(1)Regulations under section 16I(2) may specify fines of different amounts—
(a)for different offences;
(b)for different circumstances in which a particular offence is committed.
(2)Regulations under section 16I(3) may not specify an offence unless it is an offence that would or could result in the endorsement of the offender’s driving record with penalty points on conviction in a magistrates’ court.
(3)Regulations under section 16I(5)(b) may specify different maximum amounts of compensation—
(a)for different offences;
(b)for different circumstances in which a particular offence is committed.
(4)Regulations under section 16I(8) may specify different amounts of surcharge—
(a)for different offences;
(b)for different circumstances in which a particular offence is committed.
(5)The power to make regulations under section 16I(8) includes power to specify the amount of the surcharge for a particular offence as a proportion of the amount of the fine specified for that offence.
(6)Regulations under section 16I are to be made by statutory instrument; and a statutory instrument containing such regulations (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 16G-16M and cross-heading inserted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), ss. 3, 51(4); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(a)