{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-order-2009/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/491",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-financial-penalty-deposit-order-2009",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Appropriate steps to make an appropriate refund",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate steps to trace the person and to make an appropriate refund, for the purposes of section 90C(11) of the Act are set out in paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) The Secretary of State shall—\n(a) attempt to contact the person (on whom the financial penalty requirement was imposed) at any address given in any response or in any document provided to a vehicle examiner or constable;\nbut if the attempt to contact that person is unsuccessful, and if a person other than that person made the payment,\n(b) attempt to contact that other person, at any address or contact details given when the person made the payment.\n(3) The means by which an appropriate refund can be made by the Secretary of State are—\n(a) by cheque;\n(b) by refund to any credit or debit card used to make the financial penalty payment; or\n(c) by any other means agreed with the person to whom the appropriate refund is to be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/491/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:16:27.011767+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."
}