# The Financial Penalty Deposit and Fixed Penalty Offences (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2018, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, the Fixed Penalty Order 2000 and the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) Order 2009. It—
(a) designates specified offences in the Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011, the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 and the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 as fixed penalty offences (articles 3, 6 and 9);
(b) sets the penalty amounts for fixed penalty offences (articles 4, 7, 10 and 12); and
(c) designates specified offences as offences for which a requirement to make a financial penalty deposit may be imposed (articles 5, 8 and 11).
The amount of the financial penalty deposit is set in the Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2018.
Articles 6, 7 and 8 relate to offences under section 8 of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018; this section is expected to be commenced in late 2018. These articles will come into force on 1st January 2019 or when section 8 is commenced if this is on a later date. The coming into force of articles 9, 10 and 11, which relate 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1236/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financial-penalty-deposit-and-fixed-penalty-offences-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2018/note
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