Consultation outcome

Scotland: fixed penalty notices for road traffic offences

From:
Department for Transport
Published
27 March 2018
Last updated
8 September 2020 — See all updates

Applies to Scotland

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Prosecuting road traffic offences in Scotland, fixed penalty notice reform: government response to consultation

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Detail of outcome

Response to the consultation about Fixed Penalty Notice Reform in Scotland explaining how the Scottish Government’s request has been accepted and that we will look for a suitable legislative opportunity to implement the change.

The response includes a summary of the 26 responses to the consultation.

Feedback received

Prosecuting road traffic offences in Scotland: fixed penalty notice reform, feedback on consultation responses

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Detail of feedback received

Report analysing the feedback received from these consultation.

Twenty-six responses were received from justice organisations, road safety groups, local authorities, insurers, motorists and members of the public.

We continue to review responses to this consultation. We expect to issue a response early in 2019

Original consultation

Summary

Proposes changing the law to allow fixed penalty notices to be issued to suspected road traffic offenders in Scotland.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

Changes to the fixed penalty notice regime in Scotland would supplement existing powers to issue:

  • fixed penalty notices to stationary vehicles
  • conditional offers of fixed penalty notices to suspected offenders

Documents

Prosecuting road traffic offences in Scotland: Fixed Penalty Notice reform

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Published 27 March 2018
Last updated 8 September 2020 + show all updates

  1. Consultation outcome released.

  2. Response date changed to early 2019.

  3. Feedback on responses added.

  4. First published.