Part 2Road user charging

5Contravention of requirement of TfL scheme

1

Subject to subsection (2), a TfL scheme may provide that any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with any specified requirement of the scheme shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine for each offence not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or not exceeding a lesser amount; but such a provision—

a

shall not have effect unless and until it has been approved by the Secretary of State, and

b

shall not apply in relation to anything done before the provision comes into effect.

2

Subsection (1) shall not authorise the creation of an offence which consists only of—

a

a failure to pay a charge or penalty charge imposed by a TfL scheme, or

b

any other contravention or failure to comply with a requirement of a TfL scheme for which a penalty charge imposed by or under regulations made under paragraph 12 of Schedule 23 to the 1999 Act is payable.

3

Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of section 8 (failure to notify changes in eligibility for exemptions etc.) or paragraph 25 or 27 of Schedule 23 to the 1999 Act (specific offences relating to road user charging).