Article 91H Power to prevent courses being offered for repeat offencesF1

(1)

The Department of Justice may by regulations prohibit the Chief Constable from offering an approved course to a person as an alternative to prosecution for a specified fixed penalty offence where—

(a)

there is a course fee, and

(b)

the person has, within a period specified in the regulations, satisfactorily completed a similar approved course in respect of an earlier specified fixed penalty offence.

(2)

The regulations must include provision for the purpose of identifying what counts as a “similar” course; and that provision may, in particular, confer power on a person to determine what courses count as similar.

(3)

In this Article the following terms have the meaning given by Article 91G (6)—

“approved course”;
“prosecution”;
“specified fixed penalty offence”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 4B inserted (26.10.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 89(2), 208(1); S.I. 2022/1075, reg. 3(f)