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The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/1487 · Made 15 June 2009

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Criminal Law, Scotland

Made 15th June 2009

Laid before Parliament 16th June 2009

Coming into force 30th June 2009

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988f1 and after consultation in accordance with section 88(2) of that Act with such representative organisations as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 53; section 53 was amended by paragraph 102 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and section 3 of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the Principal Order
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 30th June 2009.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to a fixed penalty offence alleged to have been committed on or after 30th June 2009.

(3)

In this Order, “the Principal Order” means the Fixed Penalty Order 2000f1.

2Amendment of the Principal Order

In the table of fixed penalties in Schedule 1 to the Principal Order—

(a)

after the entry relating to “any other fixed penalty parking offence committed in Greater London”, insert the following—

“

A fixed penalty offence under section 14 (seat belts: adults) of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1£60
A fixed penalty offence under section 15(2) or 15(4) (restrictions on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles) of the Road Traffic Act 1988£60

”

(b)

after the entry relating to “a fixed penalty offence under section 33 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f2”, insert the following—

“

A fixed penalty offence under section 59 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (failure to fix prescribed registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with regulations made under section 23(4)(a) of that Act)£60

”

3Revocation

The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Alan Campbell

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

15th June 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Fixed Penalty Order 2000, which prescribes fixed penalties for the offences which are fixed penalty offences by virtue of section 51 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

The Order increases the fixed penalty from £30 to £60 for the offences under section 14 (seat belts: adults), 15(2) and 15(4) (restrictions on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and under section 59 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (failure to fix prescribed registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with regulations made under section 23(4)(a) of that Act).

The Order also revokes and replaces the Fixed Penalty (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1363) because of a defect in that Order. It has been certified under regulation 6 of the Statutory Instruments Regulations 1947 that the printing and sale of copies of that Order are unnecessary in light of the fact that this Order will replace it before it comes into force.