Part 6Civil enforcement of traffic contraventions
Civil penalties for road traffic contraventions
I1I276Civil enforcement officers
1
A local authority may provide for the enforcement of road traffic contraventions for which it is the enforcement authority by individuals to be known as civil enforcement officers.
2
A civil enforcement officer must be—
a
an individual employed by the authority, or
b
where the authority have made arrangements with any person for the purposes of this section, an individual employed by that person to act as a civil enforcement officer.
3
Civil enforcement officers—
a
when exercising specified functions must wear such uniform as may be determined by the enforcement authority in accordance with guidelines issued by the appropriate national authority, and
b
must not exercise any of those functions when not in uniform.
4
In subsection (3)(a) “specified” means specified by regulations made by the appropriate national authority.
5
A parking attendant appointed under section 63A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) by a local authority that is an enforcement authority—
a
is a civil enforcement officer in relation to parking contraventions for which that authority is the enforcement authority, and
b
may be appointed a civil enforcement officer in relation to other road traffic contraventions for which they are the enforcement authority.
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In this section “local authority” includes a non-metropolitan district council.