# Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, Section 30: Penalty points: modification where fixed penalty also in question.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Sections 28 and 29 of this Act shall have effect subject to this section in any case where—
(a) a person is convicted of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, and
(b) the court is satisfied that ... his driving record has been or is liable to be endorsed under section 57A or 77A of this Act in respect of an offence (referred to in this section as the “ connected offence ”) committed on the same occasion as the offence of which he is convicted.
(2) . . . the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence of which he is convicted is—
(a) the number of penalty points to be attributed to that offence under section 28of this Act apart from this section, less
(b) the number of penalty points required to be endorsed ...on his driving record under section 57A or 77A of this Act in respect of the connected offence (except so far as they have already been deducted by virtue of this paragraph).
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/53/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-act-1988/section-30
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