The Fixed Penalty Offences Order 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/2922
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty Offences Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st December 2004.

Section 2 Amendment of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

(1) The offence under section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (authorisation of head-worn appliances for use on motor cycles) of driving or riding a motor cycle on a road while using eye protectors if—

(a) the eye protectors are not of a type prescribed by regulations under that section, or

(b) they are used in contravention of such regulations,

is a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of Part 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

(2) Accordingly, in Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 after the entry relating to section 16 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted “ RTA section 18(3)” in column (1) and “Breach of regulations relating to head-worn appliances (eye protectors) for use on motor cycles” in column (2).