# The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009, Article 2: The appropriate amount


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the appropriate amount of a financial penalty deposit shall be—
(a) in relation to a fixed penalty offence for which a person has been given a fixed penalty notice or handed a conditional offer, the amount indicated in relation to that offence in the third column of Schedule 1;
(b) in relation to a graduated fixed penalty offence for which a person has been given a fixed penalty notice or handed a conditional offer, the amount indicated in relation to that offence in Schedule 2, by reference to [the circumstances of the offence, those being] the nature of the contravention and, where specified, its seriousness; and
(c) in relation to an offence for which a person has been given notification that it appears likely that proceedings will be brought against him, £300.
(2) The appropriate amount shall not, in respect of any single occasion on which more than one financial penalty deposit requirement has been imposed, exceed £900.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111473214/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-appropriate-amount-order-2009/article-2
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