The Fixed Penalty (Increase) Order 1990

Made: 23rd February 1990

Laid before Parliament: 5th March 1990

Coming into force: 1st April 1990

In exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 53(3) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988[^f00001], and after consultation with the organisations mentioned in section 88(2) of that Act, I hereby make the following Order:—

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Increase) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

• (2) This Order applies in relation to a fixed penalty offence alleged to be committed on or after 1st April 1990.

• (3) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

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For the amount of £24 specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 53 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 there shall be substituted the amount of £32 and for the amount of £12 specified in paragraph (b) of that subsection there shall be substituted the amount of £16.

Signed

Home Office

David Waddington — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 23rd February 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the amount of the fixed penalty for a fixed penalty offence to £32 from £24, in the case of an offence involving obligatory endorsement, and £16 from £12, in any other case.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 53