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Highways Act 1980, Section 311 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

311 Continuing offences.E+W

(1)Where by virtue of any provision of this Act, or of byelaws made under it, a person convicted of an offence is, if the offence in respect of which he was convicted is continued after conviction, guilty of a further offence and liable to a fine for each day on which the offence is so continued, the court before whom the person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with any directions given by the court.

(2)Where a court fixes such a period the defendant is not liable to a fine in respect of the further offence for any day before the expiration of that period.

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C1S. 311 applied (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1, 35(4) (with ss. 35(8), 48)

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