(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the regulations of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 where a contravention is to attract a maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (currently £400). Contraventions of other regulations of the 1971 Regulations not hereby prescribed, and of other sets of regulations made under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971, continue to attract a lesser maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding level 2 (£100).