There are also other laws when information is required of owners and drivers. If you were the driver at the time of the offence you will need to compete. Unlike, for example, a notice of intended prosecution where details of the driver of a vehicle must be supplied when requested by the police, pursuant to section 172 of the road traffic act 1988, a keeper sent a schedule 4 notice has no legal obligation to name the driver. The registered keeper of a vehicle has a legal obligation to provide details of who was driving at the time of an alleged motoring offence. Subsection 3 makes it an offence for the keeper to fail to comply.
Corporate governance reporting under section 172 of the. Keeper liability rebutting the elliot vs loake argument the liability for a private parking ticket is with the driver of the vehicle at the time of the parking event. Failure to identify driver legal help sonn macmillan walker. Road traffic act 1988 to give information as to the identity of the driver of a particular vehicle on the particular occasion to which the information relates has been served on the accused by post, and. Section 172 of the road traffic act is aimed at forcing individuals whether they are the registered keeper on the v5 document, or the driver of.
The letter also asks me to return the details of the driver in the stamped addressed envelope enclosed but there wasnt one provided. Defence under section 172 of the road traffic act farleys. The registered keeper of a vehicle has a legal obligation to provide details of who was. If the speed recorded falls into the table above then upon receipt of your fully completed and signed section 172 driver and keeper statement admitting to being the driver of the vehicle at the time and date of the alleged offence, we will carry out a number of checks to determine your eligibility to attend a speed awareness course. You are also given the option to respond with additional information in the body. By law it is the responsibility of the registered ownerkeeper, or any person subsequently nominated, to respond to the notice of intended prosecution within 28 days of issue of the notice from the print date shown and provide the identity of the driver at the time of the alleged offence or person organisation to whom responsibility has passed e. This mechanism is provided by s172 of the road traffic act 1988. For a limited company, rta 1991 section 21 2 requires the keeper of the vehicle to identify the driver. Failure to provide driver details defending the motorist. The registered keeper of a vehicle will receive a notice of intended prosecution when the driver was not formally warned of potential prosecution at the time of the allegation. Any evidence in this regard may therefore be highly relevant. Most notices relate to speeding but the police do send them out for other offences such as using. The claimant received a notice of intended prosecution within the proper limit after the offence was alleged to have been committed, and that notice of intended prosecution required him, under section 172 of the road traffic act 1988, to supply within 28 days information as to who was the driver. The above information will only be disclosed at a later stage if the named driver decides to contest the allegation.
Failing to identify the driver single justice procedure. Duty to promote the success of the company 1 a director of a company must act in the way he considers, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole, and in doing so have regard amongst other matters to. Section 172 of the road traffic act 1988 is perhaps not the most riveting of subjects in itself. A focus on directors duties under section 172 companies.
A person shall not be guilty of an offence under s. The consequences of failure are serious and can even end with a prison sentence for perverting the course of justice. This explains what i can do if you were not the driver and dont know who was, if you didnt receive the forms from the police, if they are defective in some way, and how the obligations differ depending on whether or not you are the registered keeper of the vehicle. In brief, subsection 2 of section 172 requires the person keeping the vehicle to give information as to the identification of the driver or indeed any other person to give information which is in their power to give and may lead to the identification of the driver. This may include checking bank statements to determine who, for instance, paid for.
Fightback forums section 172 loophole the pace letter. They very commonly arrive after a vehicle has been photographed speeding. Details of the driver of a vehicle must be supplied when requested by the police pursuant to section 172 of the road traffic act 1988. The law in england and wales requires the registered keeper to complete the driver details form and return it within 28. The prosecution evidence will include a witness statement exhibiting the request. Phiri v director of public prosecutions 2017 ewhc 2546. This can be undone by making a statutory declaration to the effect that you. To take an example, the registered keeper of a vehicle photographed speeding by a speed camera on the 30 october 2011 at 10. The duty to give information as to the driver of a vehicle arises under section 172 of the road traffic act 1988. Guide to motorists what to do when you receive a police request. Since parking companies normally dont know the identity of the driver, they will look up the registered keeper on the dvlas database and send them a notice to keeper. This sounds like the police have issued you with a notice under section 172 road traffic act 1988.
Where a section 172 notice is sent to a registered keeper at a registered address that keeper will be guilty of an offence under section 1723 if he fails to provide the requisite information within 28 days unless, on the balance of probabilities, he can establish a statutory defence under section 1724 or 7. When considering their duties under section 172 of the act and in particular when making strategic decisions, the directors may also wish to considerrefer to the guidance on board engagement with stakeholders guidance was recently published by institute of chartered secretaries and administrators icsa and the investment association ia. Section 172 of the road traffic act requires registered keepers of vehicles to. The road traffic act 1988, section 172 duty to give information as to identity of driver etc. In accordance with section 172 of the road traffic act 1988, the person keeping the. Where a shareholder vote is not being solicited, such as when a company has obtained shareholder approval through written consent in lieu of a meeting, a company may satisfy its section 14 requirements by filing an information statement with the sec and mailing such statement to its shareholders.
Perhaps the first time you will realise you may have committed a motoring offence is when you pick up your post one morning and open a letter from the police, demanding that you tell them who was driving your vehicle when speeding or another offence was committed. The registered keeper of the vehicle shall give such information as to the identity of the driver as they. Section 172 of the road traffic act is aimed at forcing individuals whether they are the registered keeper on the v5 document, or the driver of the vehicle on the date in question to provide the identity of the driver at the time of an alleged road traffic offence. Section 1722 of the road traffic act 1988 states that. Section 172 of the uks companies act 2006, imposes on a director the duty to act in a way he considers, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole and, in so doing, to have regard to a series of factors listed in the section which refer to the promotion of social. If the keeper cannot remember who was driving their vehicle, they may be liable to prosecution. Keeper liability rebutting the elliot vs loake argument.
This section applies a to any offence under the preceding provisions of this act except i an offence under part v, or. Driver identity section 172 s172 of the road traffic act 1988. Naming the driver information not received allegations. Section 172 2b not in his power to give the information if the defendant wishes to contend that the information required was not in his power to give then he should raise that issue by asserting that he was not the keeper. I intend to reject the nip on the grounds that it was sent to me after the 14 day however i am still required to still complete the section 172driverkeeperstatement. This is a legal request from police to identify the driver of a vehicle involved in a road. I have received a letter dated 11022016 a section 172, road traffic act, 1988, section 12 road traffic offenders act1988 application for name and address of driver it states the driv read more. Third, the power to provide information is not something which can be. Having obtained from the keeper of the vehicle the information that clarkson had the vehicle, but no information that he had been the driver, a further sub section of 172 is used. Do i have to provide information as to the identity of the driver. As you are not the registered keeper you are only obliged to give any information that is within your power to give. Countless suspects try to avoid fines, penalty points and driving bans through notice of intended prosecution loopholes and scams. The keeper of the vehicle has a legal obligation, under section 172 of the road traffic act, to provide the name of the person who was driving their vehicle at the time of the alleged motoring offence.
For more information see the eurlex public statement on re use. F1 172 duty to give information as to identity of driver etc in certain circumstances. The prosecution, if put to proof, are able to establish the identity of the registered keeper by producing a dvla extract. Failing to identify driver section 172 notice speeding. Where the driver is alleged to be guilty of a specified offence a s172 notice may be sent to the registered keeper. It ought to arrive in 14 days of the offence, and it will give 28 days to provide the identity of the driver on that date and time. Mrr also introduced new requirements around disclosures relating to employee engagement and stakeholder interests which can be provided as part of the section. If you are eligible for a driver awareness course you will receive a notice of intended prosecution with the option to select whether you wish to be offered a course. Failure to comply is an offence that carries discretionary disqualification and obligatory endorsement of 6 penalty points. When the police think that the driver of a vehicle is committing an offence they send out a notice to the registered keeper andor the suspected driver. In accordance with section 172 of the road traffic act 1988, the person keeping the vehicle is obliged to supply the identity of the driver or any other person can be asked to give information if it is in his power to give and may lead to the identification of the driver. S172 offencesyour legal duties and what to do if you are convicted.
This gives you the section 172 driver information you need to comply with the law. The registered keeper of the vehicle or any other person shall, if required, give information as to the identity of the driver within 28 days of a request for same. Where the registered keeper has named someone else as the driver. Then going on to the part where i am supposed to fill in the driver details section b there is a statement at the bottom that refers to section a and b but there is no section a anywhere on the form.
Notice of intended prosecution loopholes and how they can. Section 172 failure to provide information of drivers. Section 172 gives registered keepers a defence if the information requested cannot be provided, and its as follows. What to do when issued with a police notice of intended. That notice is known as a section 172 notice or a requirement to provide details of the driver. Section 172 requirement road traffic lawyers glasgow. Section 172 requirement section 172 of the road traffic act 1988 allows any authorized police officer to require a relevant person to identify the driver of a particular vehicle at a specified place, date and time. Drivers statement spanish a drivers written statement of sequence of events and collision information. For the majority of time, a request for the information is usually sent out with a notice of intended prosecution for. Section 172 of the road traffic act is aimed at forcing individuals whether they are the daytoday keeper of the motor vehicle or the registered keeper on the v5 document to provide the identity of the driver at the time of an alleged road traffic offence hence, section 172 really is a sledgehammer of a piece of legislation.
Shp220 is used when more space is needed to complete section 11 narrative statements or when. Any person who has, or has believed to have information, concerning the drivers identity, is. T he statement explains how directors have had regard to the matters set out in section 172 1af of the companies act 2006, for financial years beginning on or after 1 january 2019. Speed camera nip rta section 172 question too old to reply aaa 20100306 14. Magistrates courts act 1980, that a requirement under section 1722 of the 1988 c. The registered keeper of a vehicle will receive a notice of intended prosecution when the. A guide to a notice of intended prosecution motoring. Police fines for breaking the coronavirus rules we all heard boris johnsons speech and. Failing to provide the drivers identity carries 6 penalty points on your licence and up to. Failing to identify driver notice of intended prosecution. You should provide full details for your wife if she was the other potential driver. A notice of intended prosecution nip is a notice issued by the police that informs an individual that they intend to prosecute them for a motoring offence. It derives its name from section 172 of the road traffic act 1988, and gives the police authority to require a registered keeper of a vehicle to state who was driving the vehicle on a particular date and time.
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