Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Additional powers to issue fixed penalty notices

2 (1) In paragraph 1 (powers to issue fixed penalty notices), in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for the words after “in respect of an offence” there is substituted “listed in sub-paragraph (2B)”.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph, after paragraph (ca) there is inserted—

“(cb) the power of an authorised officer of a borough council to give a notice under section 15 of the London Local Authorities Act 2004 in respect of an offence under section 38(1) of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 or section 27(1) of the City of Westminster Act 1999 (unlicensed street trading);”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (2A) of that paragraph there is inserted—

“(2B) The offences referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) are—

(a) an offence under section 72 of the Highway Act 1835 (riding on a footway) committed by cycling;

(b) an offence under section 5(1) or 8(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 involving a contravention of a prohibition or restriction that relates to—

(i) stopping, waiting or parking at or near a school entrance,

(ii) one-way traffic on a road, or

(iii) lanes or routes for use only by cycles, only by buses or only by cycles and buses;

(c) an offence under section 24 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (more than one person on a one-person bicycle);

(d) an offence under section 35 of that Act (failing to comply with traffic directions) committed by the rider of a cycle;

(e) an offence under section 36 of that Act (failing to comply with traffic signs) committed by the rider of a cycle who fails to comply with the indication given by a red traffic light;

(f) an offence under section 42 of that Act of contravening or failing to comply with a construction or use requirement about—

(i) lighting equipment or reflectors for cycles,

(ii) the use on a road of a motor vehicle in a way that causes excessive noise,

(iii) stopping the action of a stationary vehicle’s machinery,

(iv) the use of a vehicle’s horn on a road while the vehicle is stationary or on a restricted road at night, or

(v) opening a vehicle’s door on a road so as to injure or endanger a person;

(g) an offence under section 163 of that Act (failing to stop vehicle or cycle when required to do so by constable or traffic officer).”

(4) After sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph there is inserted—

“(5) In this paragraph “cycle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 (see section 192(1) of that Act).”