The Fixed Penalty Offences Order 2003

Made8th May 2003

Laid before Parliament8th May 2003

Coming into force1st June 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 51(3) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 19881, and after consultation in accordance with section 88(2) of that Act with such representative organisations as he thinks fit, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty Offences Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st June 2003.

Amendment of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 19882

1

The offences specified in paragraph (2) below shall be fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

2

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

a

an offence contrary to section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 19882 (using a motor vehicle without the required test certificate being in force);

b

an offence contrary to section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3 (using a motor vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third party risks); and

c

an offence contrary to section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 19884 (failure of person keeping vehicle and others to give the police information as to the identity of the driver, etc, in the case of certain offences).

3

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

a

after the entry relating to section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “RTA section 47” in column (1) and “Using, etc, vehicle without required test certificate being in force” in column (2);

b

after the entry relating to section 87(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “RTA section 143” in column (1) and “Using motor vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third party risks” in column (2); and

c

after the entry relating to section 163 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “RTA section 172” in column (1) and “Failure of person keeping vehicle and others to give the police information as to identity of driver, etc, in the case of certain offences” in column (2).

Bob AinsworthParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateHome Office8th May 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the offences listed in article 2 to be fixed penalty offences and makes consequential modifications in Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, which specifies offences which are fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act.