Road Traffic (Amendment) Act , 1984

1. Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“the Act of 1968” means the Road Traffic Act, 1968;

“the Act of 1978” means the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978;

“the Principal Act” means the Road Traffic Act, 1961.

2. Increase of certain penalties under Section 102 of Principal Act.

2.—Section 102 of the Principal Act, which provides for a penalty for certain offences under that Act, is hereby amended—

(a)by the substitution of “£150” for “twenty pounds” in paragraph (a), and

(b)by the substitution of “£350” for “fifty pounds” in paragraphs (b) and (c).

3. Increase of certain other penalties under Principal Act, etc.

3.—(1)A person convicted of an offence for which a penalty is provided in a section of the Principal Act specified in column (2) of the Table to this section at a particular reference number shall, in lieu of the monetary penalty so provided, be liable to the penalty specified in column (3) of that Table at that reference number, and the sections specified in column (2) of that Table shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(2)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (4) of section 12 of the Principal Act:

(3)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (5) of section 16 of the Principal Act:

(4)Section 26 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a)by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

and

(b)by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

(5)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (2) of section 48 of the Principal Act:

(6)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (2) of section 51 (inserted by section 48 of the Act of 1968) of the Principal Act:

(7)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (2) of section 112 of the Principal Act:

(8)Section 113 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a)by the deletion in subsection (1) of “in a public place”, and

(b)by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

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4. Increase of certain penalties under Act of 1968, etc.

4.—(1)A person who is guilty of an offence under section 11 or 12 of the Act of 1968 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £350 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1968:

(3)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (1) of section 15 of the Act of 1968:

(4)The following Table is hereby substituted for the Table to section 15 of the Act of 1968:

(5)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (7) of section 18 of the Act of 1968:

(6)The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (2) of section 23 of the Act of 1968:

5. Increase of certain penalties under Act of 1978.

5.—A person convicted of an offence for which a penalty is provided in a section of the Act of 1978 specified in column (2) of the Table to this section at a particular reference number shall, in lieu of the monetary penalty so provided, be liable to the penalty specified in column (3) of that Table at that reference number, and the sections specified in column (2) of that Table shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

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6. Offences to which sections 2 to 5 apply.

6.—Sections 2 to 5 of this Act shall have effect in relation to offences committed after the commencement of this Act.

7. Short title, construction and collective citation.

7.—(1)This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1984.

(2)This Act and the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1978, shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1984.