§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to insure that any notice of opportunity to pay a fixed penalty issued under Section (1) of the Road Traffic and Road Improvement Act 1960 states clearly that there is a right of rebuttal, and also the person to whom immediate evidence in rebuttal may be given, to enable travellers to avoid a possibly unnecessary journey to the local court at a later date.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe fixed penalty notice makes it clear that the notice is only an intimation that a constable or traffic warden has reasonable cause to 87W believe that one of certain specified offences has been committed but that proceedings for the offence will not be taken if the fixed penalty is paid within a specified time. A person who does not choose to pay the fixed penalty has the normal remedies if proceedings are taken.