{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-order-1991/article-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-order-1991/article-8A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/724",
  "legislation_title": "The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-order-1991",
  "path": "article/8A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Enforcement of traffic penalties",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for the recovery of—\n(a) increased penalty charges provided for in charge certificates issued under—\n(i) paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the 1991 Act; ...\n(ii) paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the London Local Authorities Act 1996;\n(iii) regulation 17 of the Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001;\n(iv) regulation 21 of the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022; and\n(v) regulation 13 of the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Penalty Charge Notices, Enforcement and Adjudication) (Wales) Regulations 2008;\n(b) amounts payable by a person other than a local authority under an adjudication of a parking adjudicator pursuant to section 73 of the 1991 Act; ...\n(c) amounts payable by a person other than a local authority under an adjudication pursuant to—\n(i) the Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001;\n(ii) the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022; and\n(iii) the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2008; and\n(d) increased fixed penalties referred to in—\n(i) regulation 17(6) of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002; and\n(ii) regulation 17(6) of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) Regulations 2003,\nshall be taken in the County Court.\n(2) In this article, “the 1991 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1991 ...\n(3) In this article, “a local authority” means:—\n(a) in England, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, Transport for London, a county or district council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and\n(b) in Wales, a county or county borough council.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 8A inserted (8.6.1993) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1407), arts. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 8A(1)(a) substituted (1.6.2001) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1387), arts. 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in art. 8A(1)(a)(i) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 8A(1)(a)(iii)-(v) inserted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(1)(a)(iv) substituted (31.5.2022) by The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/71), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in art. 8A(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1997) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in art. 8A(1)(b) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Art. 8A(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(1)(c)(ii) substituted (31.5.2022) by The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/576), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Art. 8A(1)(d) inserted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in art. 8A(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by The High Court and County Court Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821), arts. 1, 2(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(2) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Art. 8A(3) inserted (1.1.1997) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3141), arts. 1(1)(a), 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2009) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/577), arts. 1(1), 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Art. 8A heading substituted (1.6.2001) by The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1387), arts. 1, 3(a)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/724/article/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:47:37.934708+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."
}