Paragraph 4

In Article 60 (notices on-the-spot or at a police station)—

(a)

in the heading, for “or at a police station” substitute “etc.”;

(b)

in paragraph (1), after “uniform” insert “, or a vehicle examiner who produces his authority,”;

(c)

in paragraph (2), after “constable” insert “or vehicle examiner”;

(d)

in paragraph (3), after “constable” in each place, insert “or vehicle examiner”;

(e)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

after “constable” in the first 3 places, insert “or vehicle examiner”;

(ii)

for “, within 7 days after the notice is given, he produces” substitute “he delivers”; and

(iii)

for the words from “person to” to “person concerned)” substitute “accordance with paragraph (4A)”;

(f)

after that paragraph insert—

“(4A)

Delivery must—

(a)

if the notice is given by a constable, be made in person, within 7 days after the notice is given, to a constable or authorised person at the police station specified in the notice (being a police station chosen by the person concerned), or

(b)

if the notice is given by a vehicle examiner, be made (either by post or in person), within 14 days after the notice is given, to the Department at the place specified in the notice.”;

(g)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

for “produces” substitute “delivers”;

(ii)

for the words from “person to a” to “to him” substitute “accordance with paragraph (4A)”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (a) and in the words following sub-paragraph (b), for “constable or authorised person” substitute “person to whom the notice under paragraph (4) is delivered”;

(iv)

omit “he surrenders”; and

(v)

for “to the constable or authorised person” substitute “are delivered”;

(h)

in paragraph (7)—

(i)

after “surrendered” insert “or delivered”; and

(ii)

insert at the end “if the fixed penalty notice was given by a constable or authorised person”.