Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

93 Removal of requirement to surrender licence where fixed penalty notice

(1) The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 52 (fixed penalty notices), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) A fixed penalty notice must give details of the identification information (as defined in section 69(3D)) that may be required under section 69 where the notice relates to an offence involving obligatory endorsement.”

(3) In section 54 (notices on-the-spot etc)—

(a) in subsection (3)—

(i) omit “, and” at the end of paragraph (a);

(ii) omit paragraph (b);

(b) omit subsections (4), (5), (5A), (5B), (6), (7) and (9).

(4) In section 69 (payment of penalties)—

(a) in subsection (2), after “method” insert “and subject to subsection (2A)”;

(b) after that subsection, insert—

“(2A) Where a person has been given a fixed penalty notice under section 54 in respect of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, payment of the penalty may be made as mentioned in subsection (2) only if the letter also contains identification information.”;

(c) after subsection (3), insert—

“(3A) Subsection (3B) applies where—

(a) a person has been given a fixed penalty notice under section 54 in respect of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, and

(b) a method of payment other than that mentioned in subsection (2) is used.

(3B) The penalty is treated as having been paid to the fixed penalty clerk or the Secretary of State in accordance with this Part only if the person—

(a) fulfils the identification requirements, and

(b) makes payment of the penalty to the clerk or the Secretary of State.

(3C) A person fulfils the identification requirements if—

(a) the person provides the clerk or the Secretary of State with identification information, or

(b) the clerk or the Secretary of State is otherwise satisfied of the person’s identity.

(3D) In this section “identification information” means—

(a) the person’s name and date of birth, and

(b) if the person is the holder of a licence, the licence number.”