Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

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s. 24(A2)(ca)-(ce) inserted by 2024 c. 10 Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(a)(ii)
s. 29(2A) inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 34(2)
s. 30A-30D inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 34(3)
s. 30C(5)(f) words substituted by S.I. 2009/1885 Sch. 1 para. 15
s. 34A(7A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(3)(d)
s. 34B(12) added by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(4)(c)
s. 34D-34G inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 15(1)
s. 34D(1)(d) words inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(a)
s. 34D(3) words inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(b)
s. 34D(5A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(c)
s. 34D(6)(a) words substituted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(d)(i)
s. 34D(6)(b) words substituted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(d)(ii)
s. 34D(6A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 90(5)(e)
s. 34F(5)(f) words substituted by S.I. 2009/1885 Sch. 1 para. 17
s. 35A(6)(a) words substituted by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 13 para. 8(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 35A(6) omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 30(1)(c), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 25)
s. 35A(6)(b) words inserted by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 13 para. 8(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 35A(6) omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 30(1)(c), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 25)
s. 36(13A) inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 37(6)
s. 40B(9) words substituted by 2006 c. 49 Sch. 2 para. 33
s. 41B inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 15(2)
s. 84(1) s. 84 renumbered as s. 84(1) by 2004 c. 28 s. 16(3)
s. 84(2) (3) inserted by 2004 c. 28 s. 16(3)
Sch. 1 para. 3(aa) inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 15(3)(a)
Sch. 1 para. 4(za) inserted by 2006 c. 49 s. 15(3)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 1A(c)(d) and word inserted by 2024 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 3(bc) inserted by 2024 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(c)
Sch. 1 para. 4(ab) inserted by 2024 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(d)

F176 Effect of offer and payment of penalty.E+W+S

(1)This section applies where a conditional offer has been [F2issued] to a person under section 75 of this Act.

[F3(2)Where the alleged offender [F4has fulfilled the conditions specified in the conditional offer under section 75(8A)(a)], no proceedings shall be brought against him for the offence to which the offer relates unless subsection (3) below applies.

(3)This subsection applies where—

(a)it appears to the appropriate person, on F5... [F6accessing information held on [F7the alleged offender's] driving record], that the alleged offender would be liable to be disqualified under section 35 of this Act if he were convicted of the offence to which the conditional offer relates,

(b)the appropriate person returns the payment to the alleged offender F8... F9..., and

(c)where the appropriate person is not the Secretary of State, the appropriate person gives notice that he has done so to the person required to be notified.

(4)Where the [F10alleged offender has not fulfilled the conditions specified in the conditional offer under section 75(8A)(a)], no proceedings shall be brought against the alleged offender for the offence to which the offer relates—

(a)until the end of the period of twenty-eight days following the date on which the conditional offer was made, or such longer period as may be specified in the offer, and

(b)where the appropriate person is not the Secretary of State, unless the appropriate person notifies the person required to be notified that proceedings may be brought by virtue of this subsection.

(5) In this section and section [F1177A] of this Act “ the person required to be notified ” means—

(a)if the conditional offer was issued under subsection (1) of section 75 of this Act, the chief officer of police,

(b)if it was issued under subsection (2) of that section, the procurator fiscal, and

(c)if it was issued under subsection (3) of that section, the chief constable or (as the case may be) the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force.]

(6)In determining for the purposes of subsection [F12(3)(a)] above whether a person convicted of an offence would be liable to disqualification under section 35, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.

(7)In any proceedings a certificate that by a date specified in the certificate payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by [F13the appropriate person] shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by [F13the appropriate person], be evidence, or in Scotland sufficient evidence, of the facts stated.

F14(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9)In Scotland, the Secretary of State may by regulations vary the provisions of subsection [F15(5)(b) or (c)] above.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 75-77 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 34; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.

F2 Word in s. 76(1) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1) (10), Sch. 1 para. 16(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)

F3 S. 76(2)-(5) substituted (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1) (10), Sch. 1 para. 16(3); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(b)

F4Words in s. 76(2) substituted (30.11.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 94(3)(a), 208(1); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)

F5Words in s. 76(3)(a) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 52(2)(a), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)

F6Words in s. 76(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(a); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)

F7Words in s. 76(3)(a) substituted (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 52(2)(a); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3(a) (with arts. 4-9)

F8Words in s. 76(3)(b) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 94(3)(b), 208(1); S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)

F9Words in s. 76(3)(b) repealed (8.6.2015) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 3 para. 52(2)(b), Sch. 7(4); S.I. 2015/560, art. 3 (with arts. 4-9)