Police Operations (4)
TRAFFIC FIXED PENALTY NOTICES
(TFPNs)
The Road Traffic Offenders
Act 1988 s67
A Constable in Uniform who
has reason to believe that a
person is committing or has
committed a Traffic Penalty
Offence to then issue a TFPN
in respect of that Offence
Issued at the time of the offence
or at a Police Station
If the offence involves obligatory
endorsement the constable may
only issue a TFPN if the offender produces and
surrenders their driving licence
to the Constable and is not
liable to disqualification
where a offender has no
licence with them,the Constable
may issue a notice requiring its
production within seven days
at a specified Police Station and
if certain requirements are met,
can only then be issued with a
TFPN.
TFPN can be issued for
contravening a prohibition or
restriction relating to stopping,
waiting or parking at or near a
school entrance,one-way traffic
on a road,lanes/routes for use
only by cycles and/or buses.
TFPN,must give details of the
Offence,SUSPENDED
ENFORCEMENT PERIOD,
Penalty Payable,and how it
should be paid.
Suspended Enforcement Period
means,the period following the
date of the offence,during which
no proceedings will be brought.
against the offender.
CONTROL OF A VEHICLE
and USE OF HAND-HELD
DEVICE.
Whether or not a person was
driving,is ultimately a matter
of fact and degree.
RTA 1988 s41D
NOTICE of INTENDED
PROSECUTION.
the Road Traffic Offenders
Act 1988 s1(1)
requires a (NIP) to be given
to a defendant for certain offences
VEHICLE DOCUMENT
OFFENCES and SEIZURE
of VEHICLES.
the Road Traffic Act 1988 s143
requires the user of a motor
vehicle to be insured or secured
against third party risks.
No Insurance
(use,cause or Permit)
No Insurance
(Registered Keeper)
No Test Certificate. (MOT)
FAIL to PRODUCE DRIVING
LICENCE.
Required to produce,
whom a police constable has
reasonable cause to believe
to have been the driver of a
motor vehicle at the time when
an accident occurred on the road.
whom a constable has
reasonable cause to believe to have committed an offence in
relation to the use of a motor
vehicle on the road.
Note
since 8th June 2015
DVLA maintain a persons
Electronic Driving Record.
SEIZE and REMOVE MOTOR
VEHICLES
(No Insurance/Driving Licence)
RTA 1988 s165A
Empowers a Constable to seize
and remove a motor vehicle,
which he believe is being used
without a Driving Licence or
Insurance.
1) driving without a licence
2) driving without insurance
3) driving without a licence
and insurance
before seizing a vehicle,
the driver or person appearing
to be the WARNED of the
consequences of failure to
IMMEDIATELY PRODUCE their
driving licence,
or provide evidence or insurance,
unless circumstances make it
impracticable to give the warning
If the vehicle fails to stop or
drives off and cannot be seized
immediately,
it may be seized at any time
within TWENTY FOUR hours
of the original incident.
To seize the vehicle a Constable
may Enter any Premises except
(PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE)
a Dwelling House,does not
include a garage or other
structure occupied with the
dwelling house or land belonging
to it.
FAIL to PROVIDE DETAILS
or PRODUCE VEHICLE
DOCUMENTS.
RTA 1988 s165(1)
Empowers a constable to
require Production of
Insurance and Vehicle Test
Certificate (MOT) documents
Name,Address of (driver)
Name,Address of (owner)
Option
produce documents within
SEVEN DAYS after the date
on which the production of
Documents were required at
a designated Police Station..