Road Traffic Act 1960

246 Inclusion in indictment in Scotland of certain summary offences

(1) A contravention occurring in Scotland of any of the foregoing provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder (other than a contravention of the provisions mentioned in the next following subsection or of regulations made thereunder) which is directed to be prosecuted summarily and which, if it had been triable on indictment, could competently have been libelled as an additional or alternative charge in an indictment charging a person with culpable homicide in respect of the driving or attempted driving or use of a motor vehicle, or with a contravention of section two or section six of this Act may, notwithstanding the direction aforesaid, be so libelled and may be tried accordingly.

(2) The contraventions referred to in the foregoing subsection are contraventions of the following provisions of this Act or of regulations made thereunder, namely, section twelve, section fifteen, section seventeen, section thirty-seven, section forty-one, subsection (2) of section forty-eight, subsection (1) of section sixty-six, subsection (4) of section sixty-seven, section eighty-eight, section one hundred and forty-eight, Part IV, subsection (1) of section two hundred and twenty, section two hundred and twenty-one, subsection (2) or (3) of section two hundred and twenty-five, section two hundred and twenty-seven, section two hundred and twenty-nine, subsection (1) of section two hundred and thirty-five in connection with a licence under Part IV of this Act, and section two hundred and thirty-eight.

(3) In this section any reference to a contravention of regulations includes a reference to a failure to comply with regulations.