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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-regulations-1997/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-regulations-1997/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3058",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-vehicle-emissions-fixed-penalty-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Prosecution in respect of an offence",
  "text": "(1) Where a person to whom a fixed penalty notice has been issued in respect of an offence committed in England or Wales gives a notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence in accordance with regulation 7, the fixed penalty notice may be treated as an information for the purposes of a prosecution for the offence in connection with which it was issued.\n(2) Where a person to whom a fixed penalty notice has been issued in respect of an offence committed in Scotland gives a notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence in accordance with regulation 7, an authorised person may notify the Procurator Fiscal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3058/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:39:53.525657+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."
}