Amendments proposed to the Road Safety Bill [Lords] - continued | House of Commons |
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Court presentation officer
Mr David Kidney NC3 To move the following Clause:'(1) Designated members of a relevant police constabulary shall, for the purposes of this section, have the powers and rights of audience of a Crown Prosecutor in relation to the prosecution of
(2) A designated member of a relevant police constabulary shall not have rights of audience when an offence ceases to be specified where the defendant enters a not guilty plea and the case proceeds to trial. (3) A member of a relevant police constabulary shall be designated for the purposes of this section if that member is a recognised designated court presentation officer employed for that purpose. (4) A recognised designated court presentation officer must also be a serving police officer from the relevant police constabulary. (5) In exercising his role as a designated court presentation officer, a police officer must have regard to any advice or guidance issued by the Secretary of State. (6) The Secretary of State may, by regulation, issue guidance on the recruitment, training and operation of designated court presentation officers.'.
Impact of the period of summer time on road safety
Mr David Kidney NC7 To move the following Clause:'(1) The Secretary of State shall report on the impact of the period of summer time on road safety. (2) The first report under this section shall be in respect of the period of twelve months beginning with the passing of this Act. (3) Subsequent reports under this section shall be in respect of the period of 12 months beginning with the end of the previous reporting period. (4) Each report under this section shall be prepared as soon as practicable after the end of the period to which it relates. (5) The Secretary of State shall
Causing death by reckless driving
Mr Owen Paterson NC8 To move the following Clause:'(1) In the Road Traffic Act 1988, after section 1 insert "Causing death by reckless driving (1) A person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place recklessly is guilty of an offence. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is to be regarded as driving recklessly if
(2) In the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, after section 24 insert "Alternative verdicts (reckless driving) (1) Where
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Offence Charged | Alternative |
Section (causing death by reckless driving) | Section 1 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (causing death by dangerous driving).". |
(3) In the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, Schedule 2, at end insert
"Section (causing death by reckless driving) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. ) | On indictment | 14 years imprisonment, disqualification and obligatory endorsement.".'. |
Mr Owen Paterson
Stephen Hammond
Mr Henry Bellingham
NC9
To move the following Clause:'(1) In section 2A(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, line 1 leave out "far" and insert "significantly".
(2) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (prosecution and punishment of offences) in the entry relating to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 leave out "14" and insert "7".'.
Mr Owen Paterson
Stephen Hammond
Mr Henry Bellingham
NC10
To move the following Clause:
Mr Owen Paterson
Stephen Hammond
Mr Henry Bellingham
NC11
To move the following Clause:
Mr Owen Paterson
Stephen Hammond
Mr Henry Bellingham
NC12
To move the following Clause:'(1) The Traffic Signs Regulation and General Directions 2002 (S.I. 2002/3313) are amended as follows.
(2) In Regulation 4, after the definition of "excursion or tour", insert
(3) After Regulation 58 there is inserted
59 | Every fixed speed camera shall |
Mr Owen Paterson
Stephen Hammond
Mr Henry Bellingham
NC13
To move the following Clause:
Mr Owen Paterson
Stephen Hammond
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Alistair Carmichael
NC14
To move the following Clause:'(1) The appropriate national authority may make regulations providing for
(a) | the application of relevant enactments to pedicabs; and |
(b) | the enforcement of relevant enactments in relation to pedicabs. |
(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision for
(a) | identifying the person against whom enforcement action may be taken if there is a contravention of a relevant enactment; |
(b) | the registration of pedicabs by specified authorities and the provision and display of registration plates on pedicabs; |
(c) | the payment of fees for registration; |
(d) | the making of registers available for inspection and sale; |
(e) | offences relating to registration; |
(f) | transitional arrangements. |
(3) In subsection (11) of section 15 (parking on footways, grass verges, etc.) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974, in the definition of "vehicle", after 'means', insert 'a pedicab' (within the meaning given by section (pedicabs) of the Road Safety Act 2006 (c. )).
(4) The London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003 is amended as follows
(a) | in section 4(5) (penalty charges for road traffic contraventions), for the words "motor vehicle" there is substituted "vehicle"; |
(b) | in section 4(16), the definition of "motor vehicle" is omitted and the following definition is inserted at the end |
(5) The "appropriate national authority" means
(a) | in relation to England, the Secretary of State; |
(b) | in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales; |
(6) A "pedicab" means a cycle constructed or adapted
(a) | to seat one or more passengers; and |
(b) | for the purpose of being made available with a driver for hire for the prupose of carrying passengers. |
(7) "relevant enactment" means
(a) | section 15 (parking on footways, grass verges, etc.) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974; |
(b) | Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (traffic in London); |
(c) | Part II of and Schedule 1 to the London Authorities Act 1996 (bus lanes); |
(d) | regulations made under section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions); |
(e) | Part 2 of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London 2003 (road traffic and highways); |
(f) | regulations under section 72 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (civil penalties for road traffic contraventions); |
(g) | any other enactment relating to road traffic regulation, specified in regulations made by the appropriate national authority, which provides for the service of penalty charge notice or notices to owner on the owner of a vehicle. |
(8) "specified authority" means
(a) | in Greater London, Transport for London; |
(b) | elsewhere in England and Wales, a traffic authority.'. |
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