Legislation – Road Safety Act 2006

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Introduction

1 Road safety grants

2 Application of surplus income from safety camera enforcement

3 Graduated fixed penalties

4 Graduated fixed penalty points

5 Giving of fixed penalty notices by vehicle examiners

6 Goods vehicles operator licensing

7 Public passenger vehicle licensing

8 Driving record

9 Unlicensed and foreign drivers

10 All drivers

11 Financial penalty deposits

12 Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles

13 High risk offenders: medical enquiries following disqualification

14 Period of endorsement for failure to allow specimen to be tested

15 Alcohol ignition interlocks

16 Experimental period for section 15

17 Penalty points

18 Speed assessment equipment detection devices

19 Exemptions from speed limits

20 Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving

21 Causing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers

22 Offence of keeping vehicle which does not meet insurance requirements

23 Careless, and inconsiderate, driving

24 Breach of requirements relating to children and seat belts

25 Using vehicle in dangerous condition etc.

26 Breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, mobile telephones etc.

27 Power of police to stop vehicle

28 Furious driving

29 Breach of duty to give information as to identity of driver etc.

30 Meaning of driving without due care and attention

31 Extension of offence in section 3A of Road Traffic Act 1988

32 Alternative verdict on unsuccessful culpable homicide prosecution

33 Alternative verdict on unsuccessful manslaughter prosecution

34 Penalty points

35 Reduced disqualification period for attendance on course

36 Driving tests

37 Disqualification until test is passed

38 Granting of full licence

39 Compulsory surrender of old-form licences

40 Fee for renewal of photocard licence and issue of certain alternative licences

41 Driver training

42 Driving instruction

43 Tests: approved assistants

44 Enforcement authorities

45 Registration plates

46 Extension to Scotland and Northern Ireland

47 Particulars to be included in vehicles register

48 Records of goods vehicle examinations

49 Disclosure to foreign authorities of licensing and registration information

49A Disclosure of information relating to foreign-registered vehicles

49B Use of information relating to foreign-registered vehicles

50 Safety arrangements at level crossings

51 Delegation of power to make level crossing orders

52 Immediate suspension and revocation of drivers’ licences

53 Abolition of “contract exemption”

54 Private hire vehicles in London

55 Trunk road picnic areas

56 Vehicles modified to run on fuel stored under pressure

57 Powers to regulate transport of radioactive material

58 Minor corrections

59 Repeals and revocations

60 Power to make amendments

61 Commencement

62 Extent

63 Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Giving of fixed penalty notices by vehicle examiners etc.

SCHEDULE 2 Endorsement: unlicensed and foreign drivers

SCHEDULE 3 Endorsement: all drivers

SCHEDULE 4 Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles

SCHEDULE 5 New Schedule 2A to the Road Traffic Act 1988

SCHEDULE 6 Driving instruction

SCHEDULE 7 Repeals and revocations

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New system of endorsement

9Unlicensed and foreign drivers

(1)

The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 44 (endorsement of licences)—

F1(a)

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(b)

for the heading substitute
Orders for endorsement
.

(3)

After that section insert—

“44AEndorsement of driving record in accordance with order

(1)

Where the court orders the endorsement of a person’s driving record with any particulars or penalty points it must send notice of the order to the Secretary of State.

(2)

On receiving the notice, the Secretary of State must endorse those particulars or penalty points on the person’s driving record.

(3)

A notice sent by the court to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section must be sent in such manner and to such address and contain such particulars as the Secretary of State may require.”

F2(4)

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(5)

After section 57 insert—

“57AEndorsement of driving records without hearings

(1)

Subject to subsection (2) below, where a person who is not the holder of a licence has been given a fixed penalty notice under section 54 of this Act in respect of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, his driving record may be endorsed in accordance with this section without any order of a court.

(2)

A person’s driving record may not be endorsed under this section if at the end of the suspended enforcement period—

(a)

he has given notice, in the manner specified in the fixed penalty notice, requesting a hearing in respect of the offence to which the fixed penalty notice relates, and

(b)

the fixed penalty has not been paid in accordance with this Part of this Act.

(3)

If payment of the fixed penalty is made before the end of the suspended enforcement period and the person to whom the payment is made is the fixed penalty clerk, the fixed penalty clerk must send to the Secretary of State notice of the relevant particulars which are to be endorsed on the person’s driving record.

(4)

Where any sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty is registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against the person as a fine in a case where the fixed penalty is required to be paid to the fixed penalty clerk, the fixed penalty clerk must send to the Secretary of State notice of the relevant particulars which are to be endorsed on the person’s driving record—

(a)

if he is himself the person who registers the sum, on the registration of that sum, and

(b)

in any other case, on being notified of the registration by the person who registers that sum.

(5)

The Secretary of State must endorse the relevant particulars on the person’s driving record if—

(a)

he receives notice of them under subsection (3) or (4) above,

(b)

the fixed penalty is paid to him before the end of the suspended enforcement period, or

(c)

in a case where the fixed penalty is required to be paid to the Secretary of State, any sum determined by reference to the fixed penalty is registered under section 71 of this Act for enforcement against the person as a fine.

(6)

References in this section to the relevant particulars are to—

(a)

particulars of the offence, including the date when it was committed, and

(b)

the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence.”

(6)

Schedule 2 contains further amendments about the endorsement of driving records in the case of unlicensed and certain foreign drivers.