The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Amendment Regulations 2011

Made: 10th February 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 14th February 2011

Coming into force: 1st April 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph2 of Schedule8B to the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section163A of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991[^f00002] they have consulted with such— persons considered by them to be representative of the interests of undertakers; road works authorities; and other persons, as they think appropriate.

persons considered by them to be representative of the interests of undertakers;

road works authorities; and

other persons,

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Amendment Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1stApril 2011.

Amendment of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2008

2

In regulation5 (time limit for giving fixed penalty notice) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2008[^f00003] for “60” substitute “91”.

Signed

KEITH BROWN — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 10th February 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide for an increase in the time period for giving a fixed penalty notice from 60days to 91days under regulation5 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2008.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c.54. Schedule8B was inserted by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp12) (“the 2005 Act”), section37 and Schedule7.

[^f00002]: 1991 c.22. Section163A was inserted by section39 of the 2005 Act. See section163(1) of that Act for a definition of “prescribed”. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as they were exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2008/243.