# The Courses Offered as an Alternative to Prosecution (Specified Fixed Penalty Offences) (Traffic) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for the purposes of Part 3B of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (“the Act”), which deals with courses offered as an alternative to prosecution for specified fixed penalty traffic offences.
Regulation 3 provides that the fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part III of the Act are the offences in relation to which a course may be offered as an alternative to prosecution. Regulation 4 provides that UKROEd Limited will be the body to approve such courses, but that for a period of two years after the coming into force date of these Regulations, a chief officer of police or of the British Transport Police may approve them. Regulation 5 sets out how fees are to be allocated for courses approved by UKROEd and Regulation 6 sets out how fees are to be allocated where a chief officer approved the course. Regulation 7 provides that a person may not be offered a course as an alternative to prosecution if they have already completed a similar course in the three years prior to their most recent fixed penalty offence.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/238/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courses-offered-as-an-alternative-to-prosecution-specified-fixed-penalty-offences-traffic-regulations-2025/note
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