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				<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/49/section/17/notes</dc:identifier><dc:subject>Road safety</dc:subject><dc:subject>Road traffic offences</dc:subject><dc:subject>Speed limits</dc:subject><dc:subject>Legislation</dc:subject><dc:subject>Public order, justice and rights</dc:subject><dc:title>Explanatory Notes to Road Safety Act 2006</dc:title><dc:creator>Department for Transport</dc:creator><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2018-08-30</dc:modified>
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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/49" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2006" Number="0049">Road Safety Act 2006</Citation></Title>
<Number>49</Number>
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<DateText>8 November 2006</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00060" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/49/section/17" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-17">Section 17</CitationSubRef>: Penalty points</Title>
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<Text><CitationSubRef id="c00062" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/49/section/17" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-17">Section 17</CitationSubRef> amends Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the <Abbreviation Expansion="Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 c. 53">RTOA</Abbreviation> with respect to the entry relating to section 17(4) of the <Abbreviation Expansion="Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 c. 27">RTRA</Abbreviation> (traffic regulation on special roads) and the entry relating to section 89(1) of that Act (speeding offences other than those on special roads), so as to change the entry in column 7 (penalty points).</Text>
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<Text><Note><Emphasis>special roads</Emphasis> are, broadly, roads in England and Wales, provided under a scheme made under section 16 of the Highways Act 1980 and include motorways.</Note>
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<Text>The amendments to be made by section 17 will extend the range of penalty points which may be given in respect of these two speeding offences from "3-6 or 3 (fixed penalty)" to "2-6 or appropriate penalty points (fixed penalty)". This will increase the range of penalty points available and provide for a more graduated arrangement of fixed penalties in respect of these two speeding offences.</Text>
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