Scotland: fixed penalty notices for road traffic offences
Applies to Scotland
Read the full outcome
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
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
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
Updates to this page
Last updated 8 September 2020 + show all updates
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Consultation outcome released.
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Response date changed to early 2019.
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Feedback on responses added.
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First published.