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The Fixed Penalty (Increase) Order 1990

S.I. 1990/334 · Made 23 February 1990

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 23rd February 1990

Laid before Parliament 5th March 1990

Coming into force 1st April 1990

In exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 53(3) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988f1, and after consultation with the organisations mentioned in section 88(2) of that Act, I hereby make the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 53

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Increase) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to a fixed penalty offence alleged to be committed on or after 1st April 1990.

(3)

This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2

For the amount of £24 specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 53 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 there shall be substituted the amount of £32 and for the amount of £12 specified in paragraph (b) of that subsection there shall be substituted the amount of £16.

Signature

Home Office

David Waddington

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

23rd February 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the amount of the fixed penalty for a fixed penalty offence to £32 from £24, in the case of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, and £16 from £12, in any other case.