The Courts Service has said that drivers who fail to pay fines should not be able to sell their vehicle or renew their motor tax
Image: Shutterstock/alika Image: Shutterstock/alika DRIVERS WHO FAIL to pay fines for motoring offences should not be able to renew their motor tax or sell their vehicle until the money has been paid, according to new proposals by the Courts Service.
The chief executive of the Courts Service, Angela Denning, has recommended that fines for motoring offences should in future be recorded on the vehicle’s record so that they must be paid before motor tax can be renewed or the vehicle be sold. In the 12 months before the legislation was changed, almost 32% of court fines were paid before the due date. However, the rate has fallen to 26% since January 2016.
While the new legislation was intended to eliminate this, Denning said it showed that the new regime was dependent on people turning up in court when summonsed following receipt of a fines enforcement notice over their failure to pay a fine. Denning said one of the main provisions of the legislation was that it allowed offenders to pay fines by instalment.
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