Part 1 Primary legislationI1

England, Wales and Scotland

Table 1

Transport Act 1968

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
1. Section 98(4)^f1	Contravention of regulations made under section 98 or any requirement as to books, records or documents of applicable Community rules	F1£300
2. Section 99(4)^f2	Failing to comply with requirements relating to inspection of records or obstructing an officer	£300
3. Section 99ZD(1) ^f3	Failing to comply with requirements relating to inspection of recording equipment or records (whether electronic or hard copy) made by or stored on recording equipment	£300
4. Section 99C^f4	Failure to comply with prohibition or direction in relation to driving vehicle.	£300

Table 2

Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972^f5

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
1. Section 3(1)	Driving a foreign goods or foreign public service vehicle in contravention of a prohibition, etc.	F2£300

Table 3

Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981^f6

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
1. Section 12(5)	Using public service vehicle except under PSV operators’ licence	F3£300

Table 4

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984^f7

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
F41. Section 5(1)	Using a vehicle in contravention of a traffic regulation order outside Greater London	£50, but £30 in the case of a parking offence
2. Section 8(1)	Breach of traffic regulation order in Greater London	£50, but £60 in the case of a parking offence committed on a red route and £40 in the case of any other parking offence
3. Section 11(1)	Breach of experimental traffic order	£50, but £60 in the case of a parking offence committed in Greater London on a red route, £40 in the case of any other parking offence committed in Greater London and £30 in the case of any other parking offence
4. Section 16(1)	Using a vehicle in contravention of temporary prohibition or restriction of traffic in case of execution of works, etc.	£50, but £100 if committed in respect of a speed restriction, £60 in the case of a parking offence committed in Greater London on a red route, £40 in the case of any other parking offence committed in Greater London and £30 in the case of any other parking offence
5. Section 17(4)	Wrongful use of special road	£100, but £40 in the case of a parking offence committed in Greater London and £30 in the case of any other parking offence
6. Section 18(3)	Using a vehicle in contravention of provision for one-way traffic on trunk road	F5£50
7. Section 20(5)	Driving a vehicle in contravention of order prohibiting or restricting driving vehicles on certain classes of roads	£50
8. Section 25(5)	Breach of pedestrian crossing regulations	F6£100
9. Section 88(7)	Contravention of minimum speed limit	£50
10. Section 89(1)	Exceeding speed limit	£100

Table 5

Road Traffic Act 1988^f8

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
F7A1. Section 3	Driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or other place	£100
1. Section 14(3)	Breach of regulations requiring wearing of seat belts	F8£100
2. Section 15(2)^f9	Driving motor vehicle with child not wearing seat belt or with child in a rear-facing child restraint front seat with an active air bag	£100
3. Section 15(4)^f10	Driving motor vehicle with child in rear not wearing seat belt	£100
4. Section 16(4)	Driving or riding motor cycles in contravention of regulations requiring wearing of protective headgear	F9£50
5. Section 18(3)	Contravention of regulations with respect to use of head-worn appliances (eye protectors) on motor cycles	£50
6. Section 19(1)	Prohibition of parking of heavy commercial vehicles on verges, etc.	£30
7. Section 22^f11	Leaving vehicle in dangerous position	£100
8. Section 34(1)^f12	Driving mechanically propelled vehicles elsewhere than on roads	£50
9. Section 35(1)^f13	Failing to comply with traffic directions given by constable or traffic officer engaged in the regulation of traffic in a road	£50, but £100 if committed in respect of a motor vehicle by failure to comply with a direction of a constable, traffic officer or traffic warden
10. Section 35(2)^f14	Failing to comply with traffic directions given by constable or traffic officer where a traffic survey is being carried out	£100
11. Section 36(1)	Failing to comply with traffic signs	£50, but £100 if committed by failure to comply with an indication given by a sign specified in regulation 10(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002^f15
12. Section 40A^f16	Using a vehicle in dangerous condition etc.	£100
13. Section 41D^f17	Breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, mobile telephone, etc.	£100
14. Section 47(1)	Using etc., vehicle without required test certificate being in force	£100
15. Section 71(1)^f18	Driving, etc., vehicle in contravention of prohibition on driving it as being unfit for service, or failing to comply with direction to remove a vehicle found overloaded	F10£300
16. Section 87(1)^f19	Driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence	£50, but £100 in the case where the driving would not have been in accordance with any licence that could have been granted to the driver
17. Section 143(2)	Using, etc., motor vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third party risks	£300
18.Section 163(3)^f20, insofar as it relates to section 163(1)	Failing to stop mechanically propelled vehicle when required	£50

Table 6

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
1. Section 90D(6)^f21	Driving a vehicle in contravention of a prohibition on driving, etc., on failure to make a financial penalty deposit payment	F11£300

Table 7

Vehicles Excise and Registration Act 1994^f22

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
1. Section 42(1)	Driving or keeping a vehicle without required registration mark	F12£100
2. Section 43(1)	Driving or keeping a vehicle with registration mark obscured etc.	£100
F133. Section 59(1)	Failure to fix prescribed registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with regulations made under section 23(4) of the Act	£100

Table 8

Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995^f23

(1)Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3)Deposit
1. Section 2(5)	Using goods vehicle on road for carriage of goods except under operator’s licence	F14£300

F15Table 9

The HGV Road User Levy Act 2013

(1) Provision creating offence	(2)General nature of offence	(3) Deposit
Section 11(1)	Using or keeping a heavy goods vehicle on a road in the UK without paying the HGV road user levy	£300.

F16Table 10

Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018

(1) Provision creating offence	(2) General nature of offence	(3) Deposit
1. Section 8(2)	Driver of a goods vehicle breaching a requirement under section 6(2)(a) of that Act to produce a permit without reasonable excuse	£300
2. Section 8(3)	Wilfully obstructing an examiner exercising powers under section 6 of that Act	£300
3. Section 8(4)(a)	Breaching a prohibition under section 7 of that Act on taking a vehicle to a country without reasonable excuse	£300
4. Section 8(4)(b)	Causing or permitting a breach of a prohibition under section 7 of that Act on taking a vehicle to a country without reasonable excuse	£300

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(2) (with art. 1(3))
F2: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 2 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(3) (with art. 1(3))
F3: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(4) (with art. 1(3))
F4: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 4 Items 1-5 substituted (2.10.2014) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2766), arts. 1(1), 3(2) (with art. 1(3))
F5: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 4 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(5) (with art. 1(3))
F6: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 4 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(6) (with art. 1(3))
F7: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 5 inserted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(7) (with art. 1(3))
F8: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 5 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(8) (with art. 1(3))
F9: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 5 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(9) (with art. 1(3))
F10: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 5 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(10) (with art. 1(3))
F11: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 6 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(11) (with art. 1(3))
F12: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 7 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(12) (with art. 1(3))
F13: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 7 inserted (1.2.2011) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/3016), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(b) (with art. 1(3))
F14: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 8 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2025), arts. 1(1), 3(13) (with art. 1(3))
F15: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 9 inserted (1.4.2014) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/802), at. 2(2)
F16: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 10 inserted (1.1.2019) by The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1233), arts. 1(3), 3

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 in force at 31.3.2009, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1968 c.73. Section 98(4) was first amended by paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68). It was subsequently amended by section 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Drivers’ Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c.3), sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48) in respect of England and Wales, and by sections 289F and 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21) (as inserted by section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982) in respect of Scotland.
f2: Section 99(4) was amended by sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 in respect of England and Wales, and by sections 289F and 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (as inserted by section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982) in respect of Scotland.
f3: Section 99ZD(1) was inserted by S.I. 2005/1904.
f4: Section 99C was inserted by section 266 of the Transport Act 2000 (c.38).
f5: 1972 c.27. Section 3(1) was amended, in relation to England and Wales, by sections 39(2) and 46 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1982, and, in relation to Scotland, by section 3 of and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 and Part III of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40).
f6: 1981 c.14. Section 12(5) was amended, in relation to England and Wales, by sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 and, in relation to Scotland, by sections 289F and 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (as inserted by section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982).
f7: 1984 c.27. Section 11(1) was numbered as such by section 65(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).
f8: 1988 c.52.
f9: Section 15(2) was amended by S.I. 2006/1892.
f10: Section 15(4) was amended by S.I. 1992/3105.
f11: Section 22 was amended by paragraph 48 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991.
f12: Section 34(1) was substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37).
f13: Section 35(1) was amended by section 6(2)(a) of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18).
f14: Section 35(2) was amended by section 6(2)(b) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
f15: S.I. 2002/3113, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
f16: Section 40A was inserted by section 8(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991.
f17: Section 41D was inserted by section 26(1) of the Road Safety Act 2006.
f18: Section 71 was substituted by section 14 of the Road Traffic Act 1991.
f19: Section 87(1) was amended by section 17(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991.
f20: Section 163(1) was amended by paragraph 67 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991. It was further amended by section 6(4) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
f21: Section 90D was inserted by section 11 of the Road Safety Act 2006.
f22: 1994 c.22.
f23: 1995 c.23. Section 2(5) was amended by section 261 of the Transport Act 2000.