# The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2018 Draft 2018, ISBN 9780111173053 This Order amends the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009 to set the amount of a financial penalty deposit that a constable or vehicle examiner may require from a person believed to have committed a specified offence under the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, the Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 or the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018. Made under: Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (Section 90B, Section 90E) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-appropriate-amount-amendment-order-2018/pdf/ukdsi_9780111173053_en.pdf; Revised UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-appropriate-amount-amendment-order-2018/pdf/ukdsiem_9780111173053_en_001.pdf; UK Draft Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-appropriate-amount-amendment-order-2018/pdf/ukdsiem_9780111173053_en.pdf ## Introductory text Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 90E(4) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. Road Traffic Made *** Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2), (3) and (4) The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 90B(2) and 90E(3) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, makes the following Order. The Secretary of State has consulted with such representative organisations as appeared appropriate, as required by section 90E(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, and a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 90E(4) of that Act. ## 1 Citation and commencement (1) This Order may be cited as the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2018. (2) Articles 1, 2 and 4 come into force on 1st January 2019. (3) Article 3 comes into force on 1st January 2019 or, if later, the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 27(2) of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 for section 8 of that Act to come into force for all purposes. (4) Article 5 comes into force on 28th March 2019. ## 2 Interpretation In this Order, “the 2009 Order” means the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009. ## 3 Amendments relating to appropriate amounts for financial penalty deposits In Part 1 (primary legislation) of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Order, after Table 9 (The HGV Road User Levy Act 2013), insert— “ Table 10 Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (1) Provision creating offence (2) General nature of offence (3) Deposit 1. Section 8(2) Driver of a goods vehicle breaching a requirement under section 6(2)(a) of that Act to produce a permit without reasonable excuse £300 2. Section 8(3) Wilfully obstructing an examiner exercising powers under section 6 of that Act £300 3. Section 8(4)(a) Breaching a prohibition under section 7 of that Act on taking a vehicle to a country without reasonable excuse £300 4. Section 8(4)(b) Causing or permitting a breach of a prohibition under section 7 of that Act on taking a vehicle to a country without reasonable excuse £300 ” ## 4 Amendments relating to appropriate amounts for financial penalty deposits In Part 2 (secondary legislation) of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Order, after Table 5 (The Vehicle Drivers (Certificate of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007), insert— “ Table 6 The Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 (1) Provision creating offence (2) General nature of offence (3) Deposit 1. Regulation 4 Using a vehicle in Great Britain in contravention of the requirement to possess a Community licence £100 ” ## 5 Amendments relating to appropriate amounts for financial penalty deposits In Part 2 (secondary legislation) of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Order, after Table 6 (The Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011), insert— “ Table 7 The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 (1) Provision creating offence (2) General nature of offence (3) Deposit 1. Regulation 5 Keeping or using a trailer that has not been registered under those Regulations on a journey to or through a foreign country that is a contracting party to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (“the 1968 Convention”) £100 2. Regulation 19(1)(a) Using a registered trailer with an expired registration document on a journey to or through a foreign country that is a contracting party to the 1968 Convention £100 3. Regulation 19(1)(f) Failing to produce a trailer registration document when required to do so £100 4. Regulation 19(1)(g) Failing to fix a registration plate on a registered trailer in accordance with those Regulations £100 5. Regulation 19(1)(h) Displaying a trailer registration mark on a trailer that is not assigned to that trailer £100 6. Regulation 20 Keeping or using an incorrectly registered trailer on a road £100 7. Regulation 21 Keeping or using a registered trailer on a road with a registration mark that is obscured £100 8. Regulation 22(a) Wilfully obstructing a person carrying out an inspection of a trailer under those Regulations £300 ” ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport Date ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009 to set the amount of a financial penalty deposit that a constable or vehicle examiner may require from a person believed to have committed a specified offence under the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018, the Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 or the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018. The specified offences were designated as offences for which a requirement to make a financial penalty deposit may be imposed by the Financial Penalty Deposit and Fixed Penalty Offences (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2018. Article 3 relates to offences under section 8 of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018; this section is expected to be commenced in late 2018. This article will come into force on 1st January 2019 or when section 8 of the Act is commenced if this is on later date. The coming into force of article 5, which relates to the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018, coincides with the beginning of the roadside enforcement regime under those Regulations on 28th March 2019. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared for this instrument and is available alongside this instrument on the UK Legislation website www.legislation.gov.uk. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111173053 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-appropriate-amount-amendment-order-2018 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.