# The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019, Article 4: Enforcement of offences

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In this article, “the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
(2) In section 20(2) (speeding offences etc: admissibility of certain evidence) of the 1988 Act—
(a) after paragraph (ba) insert—
“(bb) an offence under subsection (4) of section 17 of that Act consisting in a contravention of article 2(1), 3(2) or 3(4) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019 (prohibited use of the M20 Motorway in Kent by the driver of a heavy commercial vehicle);
(bc) an offence under subsection (5) of section 20 of that Act consisting in a contravention of article 3(1) or 4(1) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 2) Order 2019 (prohibited use of local roads in Kent by the driver of a heavy commercial vehicle);”; and
(b) after paragraph (h) insert—
“(i) an offence under article 2(6)(b) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019 (contravention of a direction given by a traffic officer).”.
(3) An offence under article 2(6) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019 is a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1988 Act.
(4) In Schedule 3 (fixed penalty offences) to the 1988 Act, at the end of the table insert—
“
Offence under the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019
Article 2(6) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019
Driver of a heavy commercial vehicle in Kent failing to comply with or contravening a direction given, or requirement imposed, by a traffic officer.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1210/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/heavy-commercial-vehicles-in-kent-no-3-order-2019/article-4
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