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1

The offences specified in paragraph (2) below shall be fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part III of the 1988 Act.

2

The offences referred to in paragraph (1) above are–

a

overtaking a moving or stationary vehicle on a zebra, pelican or puffin crossing contrary to regulation 24 of the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 19972;

b

failure to fix a registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with the requirements of regulation 17 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 (size, shape and character of registration mark)3; and

c

driving on the footway contrary to section 72 of the Highways Act 18354 or section 129(5) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 19845.

3

In consequence of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the entries in Schedule 3 to the 1988 Act shall be modified as follows–

a

in the entry relating to section 25(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19846 for the words from “other” to “1987” there shall be substituted the words “other than a contravention of regulations 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997”;

b

after the entry relating to section 43 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 19947 there shall be inserted the words “Section 59 of that Act” in column (1) and “Failure to fix prescribed registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with regulations made under section 23(4)(a) of that Act” in column (2); and

c

after the entry relating to section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 19268 there shall be inserted the following–

Offences under the Highways Act 1835 and the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835

Driving on the footway

Section 129(5) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

Driving on the footway