Legislation – Road Safety Act 2006
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Speeding
17Penalty points
In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)
(prosecution and punishment of offences: offences under the Traffic Acts), in column (7)
(penalty points)—
(a)
for the entry relating to section 17(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
(traffic regulation on special roads), substitute “
, and
2-6 or appropriate penalty points (fixed penalty) if committed in respect of a speed limit, 3 in any other case
”
(b)
for the entry relating to section 89(1) of that Act (speeding offences other than those on special roads), substitute “
.
2-6 or appropriate penalty points (fixed penalty)
”