LegalizeThe Fixed Penalty Order 2000
Made: 10th October 2000
Laid before Parliament: 11th October 2000
Coming into force: 1st November 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 53 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988[^f00001], and after consultation in accordance with section 88(2) of that Act with such representative organisations as he thinks fit, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st November 2000.
- (2) This Order applies in relation to a fixed penalty offence alleged to have been committed on or after 1st November 2000.
Fixed penalties
2
Save where there is more specific provision in Schedule 2 by reference to the circumstances of the offence, the fixed penalty for an offence shown in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order shall be the amount shown in relation to that offence in column (2) of that Schedule.
Revocations
3
The Fixed Penalty Order 1992[^f00002] and the Fixed Penalty (Increase) (Scotland) Order 1992[^f00003] are hereby revoked.
SCHEDULE 1 — FIXED PENALTIES
| (1) | (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Item Number | Offence | Fixed Penalty |
| 1 | A fixed penalty offence under section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £100 |
| 1A | A fixed penalty offence under section 41D(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £200 |
| 2 | A fixed penalty offence under section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £300 |
| 3 | A fixed penalty offence under section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £200 |
| 4 | Any other fixed penalty offence involving obligatory endorsement | £100 |
| 5 | A fixed penalty parking offence committed in Greater London on a red route | £60 |
| 6 | Any other fixed penalty parking offence committed in Greater London | £40 |
| 7 | A fixed penalty offence under section 14 (seat belts: adults) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £100 |
| 8 | A fixed penalty offence under section 15(2) or 15(4) (restrictions on carrying children not wearing seat belts in motor vehicles) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £100 |
| 9 | A fixed penalty offence under section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £100 |
| 10 | A fixed penalty offence under section 33 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 | £100 |
| 11 | A fixed penalty offence under section 42(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (driving or keeping a vehicle without required registration mark) | £100 |
| 12 | A fixed penalty offence under section 43(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (driving or keeping a vehicle with registration mark obscured etc.) | £100 |
| 13 | A fixed penalty offence under section 59 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (failure to fix prescribed registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with regulations made under section 23(4)(a) of that Act) | £100 |
| 14 | A fixed penalty offence under section 98(4) of the Transport Act 1968 | £300 |
| 15 | A fixed penalty offence under section 99(4) of the Transport Act 1968 | £300 |
| 16 | A fixed penalty offence under section 99ZD(1) of the Transport Act 1968 | £300 |
| 17 | A fixed penalty offence under section 99C of the Transport Act 1968 | £300 |
| 18 | A fixed penalty offence under section 3(1) of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 | £300 |
| 19 | A fixed penalty offence under section 12(5) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 | £300 |
| 20 | A fixed penalty offence under section 71(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 | £300 |
| 21 | A fixed penalty offence under section 90D(6) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 | £300 |
| 22 | A fixed penalty offence under section 2(5) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 | £300 |
| 23 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 3 of the Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) Regulations 1992 | £100 |
| 24 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 3 of the Public Service Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 1999 | £100 |
| 25 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 3(1) of the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations 1999 | £100 |
| 26 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 4(1) of the Road Transport (Passenger Vehicles Cabotage) Regulations 1999 | £100 |
| 27 | A fixed penalty offence under section 11 of the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 | £300 |
| 28 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 4 of the Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011 | £100 |
| 29 | A fixed penalty offence under section 8(1) of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 | £300 |
| 30 | A fixed penalty offence under section 8(2) of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 | £300 |
| 31 | A fixed penalty offence under section 8(3) of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 | £300 |
| 32 | A fixed penalty offence under section 8(4)(a) of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 | £300 |
| 33 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 5 of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 34 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 19(1)(a) of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 35 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 19(1)(f) of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 36 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 19(1)(g) of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 37 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 19(1)(h) of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 38 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 20 of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 39 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 21 of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £100 |
| 40 | A fixed penalty offence under regulation 22(a) of the Trailer Registration Regulations 2018 | £300 |
| 40A | A fixed penalty offence under article 2(6) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019 | £300 |
| 41 | Any other fixed penalty offence except for a fixed penalty parking offence | £50 |
| 42 | Any other fixed penalty parking offence | £30 |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
Signed
Charles Clarke — Minister of State Home Office — 10th October 2000
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes fixed penalties for fixed penalty offences. The prescribed penalties replace those prescribed for England and Wales by the Fixed Penalty Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/346) and for Scotland by the Fixed Penalty (Increase) (Scotland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/435 (S. 50)).
Fixed penalties are increased from £40 to £60 for offences involving obligatory endorsement and for parking offences committed in Greater London on a red route, from £30 to £40 for other parking offences committed in Greater London and from £20 to £30 for other fixed penalty offences.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1988 c. 53: section 53 was substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 102.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/346.
[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/435 (S. 50).
[^f00004]: 1984 c. 27.
[^f00005]: 1974 c. xxiv.
[^f00006]: 1980 c. 66.
[^f00007]: 1988 c. 52.
[^f00008]: S.I. 1986/1078, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[^f00009]: 1872 c. 15 and 1926 c. 36.
[^f00010]: S.I. 1997/1639.
In this Schedule—
- “fixed penalty parking offence” means—an offence under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[^f00004] which is a fixed penalty offence, which does not involve obligatory endorsement and which is committed in respect of a stationary vehicle;an offence under section 15(1) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974[^f00005];an offence under section 137(1) of the Highways Act 1980[^f00006];an offence under section 19 of the Road Traffic Act 1988[^f00007];an offence under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 consisting in the causing of an unnecessary obstruction of a road in breach of regulation 103 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986[^f00008];oran offence under the Parks Regulation Acts 1872 and 1926[^f00009] consisting in the failure to comply with, or acting in contravention of, regulation 4(30) of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997[^f00010];
- “red route” means a length of road affected by either or both of the following traffic signs, namely—a traffic sign lawfully placed on the road, being a traffic sign which bears the words “Red Route”, with or without any other word or any sign or other indication; ora traffic sign consisting of a red line or mark is lawfully placed on the road;
- “traffic sign” means a traffic sign for the purposes of section 64(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 which conveys any restriction or prohibition under an order made under that Act.
Editorial notes
[^key-4e6b2d140abf85efdea018dd777f3778]: Art. 1 in force at 1.11.2000, see art. 1(1)
[^key-524043c5e0c7e7ea49614f15c245ffea]: Art. 2 in force at 1.11.2000, see art. 1(1)
[^key-5a4d0d37c171e749221447467e1a6e0f]: Art. 3 in force at 1.11.2000, see art. 1(1)
[^key-efad5935ea2bb8da210603c37fdca0a2]: Sch. in force at 1.11.2000, see art. 1(1)
[^key-150b2a6a4d63fdf3f2d53a250c3ce576]: Art. 1A inserted (31.3.2009) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/488), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 1(2))
[^key-ae1db6c15b9cc0c769b6267fdb63c527]: Art. 2A inserted (31.3.2009) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/488), arts. 1(1), 4 (with art. 1(2))
[^key-9e82055b206d317de8c44e35f4617f26]: Sch. 2 inserted (31.3.2009) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/488), arts. 1(1), 6 (with art. 1(2))
[^key-4a1a0453ca00507c58f71fc23c511413]: Words in art. 2 substituted (31.3.2009) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/488), arts. 1(1), 3(a) (with art. 1(2))
[^key-f7a439f44a26a5b6de5d3c498d8ca07d]: Words in art. 2 substituted (31.3.2009) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/488), arts. 1(1), 3(b) (with art. 1(2))
[^key-599404ded6a8237e349c19b70b924272]: Words in art. 2 inserted (1.2.2011) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2720), arts. 1(1), 2(2) (with art. 1(2))
[^key-9bb74dc2f08f3b2cd30aac37dfb056cc]: Words in Sch. 2 Table 4 substituted (1.2.2011) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2720), arts. 1(1), 2(4) (with art. 1(2))
[^key-b01499b4db7d264f142a61aaf76bb900]: Sch. 1 Table substituted (16.8.2013) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1569), arts. 1(1), 2 (as amended by S.I. 2013/1840, arts. 1, 2(2))
[^key-8bd9d4f6681ac9830f9f38d56c677769]: Word in Sch. 2 Table 1 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1569), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(a)
[^key-93212c656e9e76b89e6a6d22620969fc]: Word in Sch. 2 Table 1 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1569), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(b)
[^key-fc903e1e753a85c4decdfd9541471bf3]: Word in Sch. 2 Table 1 substituted (16.8.2013) by The Fixed Penalty (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1569), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(c)
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