The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) and Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2022

PART 3 Transitional provisions

Requirement to produce licence to Court

6.  Where—

(a) a person who is the holder of a driving licence was, prior to the Commencement Date, required by notice, summons, citation or otherwise to surrender, deliver, post, or otherwise produce their licence to the court in advance of a hearing, and

(b) the hearing date was set for a date on or after the Commencement Date,

the person will be deemed to have complied with that requirement on the Commencement Date.

Notices on-the-spot – police constable

7.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a person who is a holder of a driving licence, has been issued with a notice by a constable stating that if they deliver the notice and their licence, in person, to a constable or authorised person at the named police station, within seven days, and surrender their licence, they will be given a fixed penalty notice, and

(b) the seven day period expires on or after the Commencement Date.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the person will be deemed to have delivered and surrendered their licence on the Commencement Date provided they attend the named police station and give the constable or authorised person their identification information, before the seven day period expires.

Notices on-the-spot – vehicle examiner

8.—(1) This regulation applies where, 14 days or less prior to the Commencement Date, a person—

(a) who is the holder of a driving licence, is stopped at the roadside by a vehicle examiner and asked to produce and surrender their licence for the purpose of being issued with a fixed penalty notice, and

(b) is unable to produce and surrender their licence.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the person will be deemed to have produced and surrendered their licence, provided they give their identification information to the vehicle examiner at the roadside.

Conditional offer

9.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a person who is the holder of a driving licence receives or is issued with a conditional offer pursuant to s.75 of the RTOA, and

(b) the statutory period for compliance expires on or after the Commencement Date.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the person will be deemed to have delivered his licence to the appropriate person on the Commencement Date, where the police or appropriate person have requested and obtained their identification information following payment of the fixed penalty.