Road Traffic
(Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2007
A LAW to amend further the Road
Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956.
Adopted by the
States 26th September 2006
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 2nd May 2007
Registered by the
Royal Court 18th
May 2007
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Article
90 substituted
For Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1] there shall be substituted
the following Article –
(1) A fine imposed for an offence under Articles
18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 51 and 53 shall be awarded for the benefit of
Her Majesty.
(2) Despite paragraph (1), if a fine in
relation to an offence under Article 21 is inflicted and levied summarily
by a Connétable or Centenier of the parish where the offence was
committed, the fine shall be awarded for the benefit of the parish and shall be
applied towards the general expenses of the parish.
(3) A fine imposed for –
(a) an offence under this Law, other than an
offence specified in paragraph (1); or
(b) an offence under any Order,
shall be awarded for the
benefit of the annual income of the States.
(4) Despite paragraph (3), if a fine in
relation to –
(a) an offence under this Law, other than an
offence specified in paragraph (1); or
(b) an offence under any Order,
is inflicted and levied summarily
by a Connétable or Centenier of the parish where the offence was
committed –
(i) half of the fine shall be awarded for
the benefit of the annual income of the States; and
(ii) half of the fine shall be awarded for
the benefit of the parish and shall be applied towards the cost of maintaining
by-roads of the parish.”.
2 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment No. 4)
(Jersey) Law 2007 and shall come into force on the seventh day after it is
registered.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States