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Road Safety Act 2006
CHAPTER 49
CONTENTS
Payments
for road safety
1 Road safety grants
2 Application of surplus income from
safety camera enforcement
Fixed penalties
3 Graduated fixed penalties
4 Graduated fixed penalty points
5 Giving of fixed penalty notices by
vehicle examiners
6 Goods vehicles operator licensing
7 Public passenger vehicle licensing
New system of endorsement
8 Driving record
9 Unlicensed and foreign drivers
10 All drivers
Deposits and prohibition on driving
11 Financial penalty deposits
12 Prohibition on driving: immobilisation,
removal and disposal of vehicles
Drink-driving etc.
13 High risk offenders: medical
enquiries following disqualification
14 Period of endorsement for failure
to allow specimen to be tested
15 Alcohol ignition interlocks
16 Experimental period for section
15
Speeding
17 Penalty points
18 Speed assessment equipment detection
devices
19 Exemptions from speed limits
New offences
20 Causing death by careless, or
inconsiderate, driving
21 Causing death by driving: unlicensed,
disqualified or uninsured drivers
22 Offence of keeping vehicle which
does not meet insurance requirements
Increases in penalties
23 Careless, and inconsiderate,
driving
24 Breach of requirements relating
to children and seat belts
25 Using vehicle in dangerous condition
etc.
26 Breach of requirements as to
control of vehicle, mobile telephones etc.
27 Power of police to stop vehicle
28 Furious driving
29 Breach of duty to give information
as to identity of driver etc.
Other provisions about offences
30 Meaning of driving without due
care and attention
31 Extension of offence in section
3A of Road Traffic Act 1988
32 Alternative verdict on unsuccessful
culpable homicide prosecution
33 Alternative verdict on unsuccessful
manslaughter prosecution
Attendance on courses
34 Penalty points
35 Reduced disqualification period
for attendance on course
Driving standards
36 Driving tests
37 Disqualification until test is
passed
38 Granting of full licence
39 Compulsory surrender of old-form
licences
40 Fee for renewal of photocard
licence and issue of certain alternative licences
41 Driver training
42 Driving instruction
43 Tests: approved assistants
Regulation of registration plate suppliers
44 Enforcement authorities
45 Registration plates
46 Extension to Scotland and Northern
Ireland
Information
47 Particulars to be included in
vehicles register
48 Records of goods vehicle examinations
49 Disclosure to foreign authorities
of licensing and registration information
Level crossings
50 Safety arrangements at level
crossings
51 Delegation of power to make level
crossing orders
Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles
52 Immediate suspension and revocation
of drivers’ licences
53 Abolition of “contract exemption”
54 Private hire vehicles in London
Miscellaneous
55 Trunk road picnic areas
56 Vehicles modified to run on fuel
stored under pressure
57 Powers to regulate transport
of radioactive material
58 Minor corrections
Supplementary
59 Repeals and revocations
60 Power to make amendments
61 Commencement
62 Extent
63 Short title
An Act to make provision about road traffic, registration
plates, vehicle and driver information, hackney carriages
and private hire vehicles, and trunk road picnic areas.
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