Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill [HL]

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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Schedule 1 — Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
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Schedules
Schedule 1
Section 5

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
  1        Part I of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)
(prosecution and punishment of offences) shall be amended as follows.
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  2        After the entry relating to section 83 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), in
columns 1 to 4 there shall be inserted—

“RTA section
Causing death
On
10 years or a

86A
by driving
indictment.
fine or both.

dangerously a

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horse-drawn

vehicle etc.

RTA section
Driving
(a)
(a) 6 months

86B
dangerously a
Summarily.
or the

horse-drawn

statutory

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vehicle etc.

maximum or

both.

(b) On
(b) 2 years or a

indictment.
fine or both.

RTA section
Careless and
Summarily.
Level 4 on the

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86D
inconsiderate

standard

driving of a

scale.

horse-drawn

vehicle etc.

RTA section
Interference
(a)
(a) 6 months

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86E
with a horse-
Summarily.
or the

drawn vehicle

statutory

etc.

maximum or

both.

(b) On
(b) 7 years or a

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indictment.
fine or both.

RTA section
Using a horse-
Summarily.
Level 4 on the

86F
drawn vehicle

standard

etc. in

scale.”

dangerous

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condition.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Schedule 2 — Minor and consequential amendments
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  3        In the entry relating to section 163 of that Act (power of police to stop
vehicles) in column 2, after the words “motor vehicle” there shall be inserted
“, horse-drawn vehicle etc.”.
  4        After the entry relating to section 165 of that Act, in columns 1 to 4 there shall
be inserted—
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“RTA section
Failure of
Summarily.
Level 3 on the

165A
driver of a

standard

horse-drawn

scale.”

vehicle etc. to

give constable

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his name and

address or

those of

owner.

  5        After the entry relating to section 170(7) of that Act, in columns 1 to 4 there
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shall be inserted—

“RTA section
Failure by
Summarily.
6 months or

170A
driver of a

level 5 on the

horse-drawn

standard scale

vehicle etc. to

or both.”

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stop after

accident and

give

particulars or

report

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accident.

Schedule 2
Section 6

Minor and consequential amendments
The Criminal Justice Act 1982
  1        In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) (offences
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excluded from Secretary of State’s power to make orders concerning the
early release of prisoners), after the entry relating to section 3A of the Road
Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) there shall be inserted—
                            “Section 86A (causing death by driving dangerously a horse-
drawn vehicle etc.).”
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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
  2        In paragraph 17 of Schedule 1A to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
1984 (c. 60) (arrestable offences), after the words “section 170” there shall be
inserted the words “or section 170A”.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Schedule 3 — Repeals
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  3        In Part II of Schedule 5 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)
(serious arrestable offences), after the entry relating to section 3A of the Road
Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) there shall be inserted—
                            “Section 86A (causing death by driving dangerously a horse-
drawn vehicle etc.).”
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Schedule 3
Section 7

Repeals

Short title and chapter
Extent of repeal

Highway Act 1835 (c. 50)
In section 78, the words “shall by negligence or

wilful misbehaviour cause any hurt or

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damage to any person, horse, cattle, or goods

conveyed in any carriage, passing or being

upon such highway, or”.



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