moved Amendment No. 120A:"Page 37, line 15, leave out ““Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)”” and insert ““Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) (offences to which certain sections apply), after the entry relating to section 94A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) insert—"
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| ““RTA section 98A(7) |
Driving licence holder failing to surrender licence and counterpart. |
Section 6 of this Act.”” |
(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act””
The noble Lord said: The amendment will apply Section 6 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to the offence created by this clause. Clause 28 of the Bill inserts into that Act a new Section 98A, which contains an order-making power that provides for the compulsory surrender of old-form licences. Anyone failing without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by the order to surrender a licence and its counterpart will be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; namely, £1,000.
Section 6 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 provides for an extended time limit within which summary proceedings for certain offences may be brought. Under that section, proceedings may be brought within the period of six months of the date the prosecutor becomes aware of sufficient evidence to warrant proceedings, but cannot be brought more than three years after the commission of the offence. I beg to move.
On Question, amendment agreed to.
On Question, Whether Clause 28, as amended, shall stand part of the Bill?