Jersey Law 17/1994

POLICING OF ROADS, PARKS AND SEA BEACHES (APPLICATION OF FINES) (AMENDMENT No. 4) (JERSEY) LAW 1994

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A LAW   to amend further the Policing of Roads, Parks and Sea Beaches (Application of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1957, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

18th day of may 1994

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(Registered on the 22nd day of July 1994)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 15th day of February 1994

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The states, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

In Article 1 of the Policing of Roads, Parks and Sea Beaches (Application of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1957, as amended1 –

(a)     in paragraph (1) after the words “Road Traffic (Jersey) Law, 1956” there shall be inserted the words “(hereinafter referred to as ‘the relevant powers’);

(b)     for the semi-colon at the end of sub paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) there shall be substituted a full stop;

(c)     sub paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) shall be deleted; and

(d)     for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(2)      Where a person –

(a)     is charged with an offence under regulations made under the relevant powers which is not punishable with imprisonment, other than for default; and

(b)     accepts the decision of the Connétable or a Centenier of the parish in which the offence was committed;

that Connétable or Centenier may inflict and levy summarily a fine of up to either an amount not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale or the maximum fine for the offence, whichever is the lower.”.

ARTICLE 2

This Law may be cited as the Policing of Roads, Parks and Sea Beaches (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 1994.

C.M. NEWCOMBE

Deputy Greffier of the States