Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

Regulations may prescribe —

an offence (a prescribed road law offence) under a road law as an offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be served under this Part; and

the penalty applicable in relation to a prescribed road law offence if the offence is dealt with by infringement notice.

An offence prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) cannot be —

an offence punishable by imprisonment; or

an offence in respect of which a court is required to disqualify the offender from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence; or

an offence under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 section 4(2), the commission of which involves a heavy vehicle.

A penalty prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) cannot be greater than —

if the maximum penalty for the offence is less than 40 PU — the maximum penalty for the offence; or

otherwise — 40 PU.

Regulations may make provision for or in relation to the payment by instalments of a modified penalty set out in an initial infringement notice served on an individual, including —

the number of instalments by which the modified penalty can be paid; and

the amount to be paid for each instalment; and

the day by which each instalment (other than the first instalment) must be paid.