Section 76 Amendments to Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

England and Wales

(1)

Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) (fixed penalties) shall be amended as follows.

F1(2)

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(3)

In section 75(1) (conditional offers in England and Wales), at the end there shall be inserted “or, if the constable is a member of the British Transport Police, by or on behalf of the chief constable of the British Transport Police.”

F2(4)

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(5)

In section 87 (guidance from the Secretary of State), after “areas” there shall be inserted “ and to the chief constable of the British Transport Police ”.

(6)

In section 89 (interpretation of Part 3), after the definition of “authorised person” there shall be inserted—

““British Transport Police” means the force of constables appointed under the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix);”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 76(2) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 10 para. 28; S.I. 2022/1187, reg. 4(a) (with Pt. 3)
F2: S. 76(4) repealed (31.3.2009) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 59, 61, Sch. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3164, art. 3(d)