54 Notices on-the-spot [etc]
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (1988 c 53) | Legislation

Giving notices to suspected offenders

54  Notices on-the-spot [etc]

(1)     This section applies where [. . .] on any occasion a constable in uniform[, or a vehicle examiner who produces his authority,] has reason to believe that a person he finds[—

(a)     is committing or has on that occasion committed a fixed penalty offence; or

(b)     has, within the period of 28 days before the day of that occasion, committed a Community drivers' hours offence].

(2)     Subject to [the following provisions of this section], the constable [or vehicle examiner] may give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.

[(3)

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