# Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, Section 53: Amount of fixed penalty.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The fixed penalty for an offence is—
(a) such amount as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe, or
(b) one half of the maximum amount of the fine to which a person committing that offence would be liable on summary conviction or, where there is no such maximum amount, the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale for summary offences,
whichever is the less.
(2) Any order made under subsection (1)(a) above in relation to an offence may make provision for the fixed penalty for the offence to be different depending on the circumstances, including (in particular)—
(a) the nature of the contravention or failure constituting the offence,
(b) how serious it is,
(c) the area, or sort of place, where it takes place, and
(d) whether the offender appears to have committed any offence or offences of a description specified in the order during a period so specified.

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