{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/40",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/85",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 12 of that Act (proof of identity of driver) after subsection (3) there shall be added—\n“(4) In summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence to which section 20(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 applies, where—\n(a) it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that a requirement under section 172(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to give information as to the identity of a driver on a particular occasion to which the complaint relates has been served on the accused by post, and\n(b) a statement in writing is produced to the court, purporting to be signed by the accused, that the accused was the driver of that vehicle on that occasion,\nthat statement shall be sufficient evidence that the accused was the driver of the vehicle on that occasion.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 85 partly in force at 1.4.1993 see s. 84 and S.I. 1993/975, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1999/12",
      "affecting_title": "Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1999/12",
      "affecting_title": "Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/40/schedule/4/paragraph/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:08.642287+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."
}