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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fixed-penalty-procedure-vehicle-examiners-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/495",
  "legislation_title": "The Fixed Penalty (Procedure) (Vehicle Examiners) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fixed-penalty-procedure-vehicle-examiners-regulations-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made in consequence of the changes to the fixed penalty regime under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 effected by section 5 of the Road Safety Act 2006, which permits vehicle examiners to issue fixed penalties for fixed penalty offences in respect of a vehicle.\nRegulation 4, together with the Schedule, prescribes certain information or further information to be included in the fixed penalty notice, the receipt for a driving licence (if held), and the registration certificate in the case of non-payment of the fixed penalty.\nRegulation 5 relates to payments made by a person otherwise than as required by the fixed penalty notice.\nRegulation 6 provides for the return of driving licences (if so held) to the licence-holder if the period in which no enforcement proceedings can be brought (“the suspended enforcement period”) has expired, the fixed penalty has not been paid, and the recipient of the notice has either requested a hearing or the fixed penalty has not been registered under section 70(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 for enforcement.\nRegulation 7 provides for notification of the Secretary of State by the court in cases in which sums are registered for enforcement. Regulations 8 and 9 deal with receipts for payment and licence receipts respectively.\nNo Impact Assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has no significant impact on the cost of business and the voluntary sector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/495/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:16:24.067122+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}