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Operational Case
Our Partnership was required before March 2007, on
an annual basis, to submit an operational case to the National
Safety Camera Programme Office setting out full details of our
casualty reduction strategy, operational and enforcement plans,
forecast expenditure, partnership activity and management arrangements
for the forthcoming operational year. The purpose of the operational
case was to demonstrate to the National Safety Camera Programme
Board that our approach was consistent with the programme aim
of casualty reduction and our Partnership was operating within
the rules of the Programme.
Click on the link below to view or download
the 2006-07 Operational Case
Operational Case 2006-07
Financial Summary
Main document
DfT acceptance letter
ACPO Thresholds
Guidelines given to the police by the Association of
Chief Police Officers (ACPO) state that "it is anticipated that,
other than in the most exceptional circumstances, the issue
of fixed penalty notices and summonses is likely to be the minimum
appropriate enforcement action as soon as the speeds in the
table below have been reached"¹.
This means that there is official leeway
given to motorists exceeding the speed limit - 10% plus 2mph
over the posted speed limit. All Partnerships have a commitment
to reach these threshold enforcement limits but no Partnership
enforces below these limits. These enforcement guidelines are
there to allow for lapses in concentration and inaccurate speedometers
and therefore motorists who stray a few miles over the speed
limit will not be penalised.
Limit (mph) |
Fixed penalty (mph) |
Summons (mph) |
20 |
25 |
35 |
30 |
35 |
50 |
40 |
46 |
66 |
50 |
57 |
76 |
60 |
68 |
86 |
70 |
79 |
96 |
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Fixed penalty of:
- £60 (pending)
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Licence endorsed with 3 penalty points
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Magisterial discretion (level 2) maximum of:
- £1000 fine
- Licence endorsed - range of penalty points available
- Disqualification
- Compulsory re-testing
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¹ ACPO guidance paper on Speed Enforcement
Type Approval Process
All of the Partnership's speed enforcement equipment
has to be 'type approved' before it can be used. Type approval
provides an assurance of the technical accuracy and reliability
of the devices used.
Further information about type approval can
be found on the Home Office website, www.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Alternatively, you can view the Home Office's 'Approval Orders
and Forms for Road Traffic Law Enforcement Technology' by clicking
on the following link: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/roadtrafficlawenforce
Information about ACPO's Code of Practice
for Operational Use of Enforcement Equipment can be found on
its website, www.acpo.police.uk.
The Traffic Signs Regulations and
General Directions 2002
All signs erected on the public highway must adhere
to the government's statutory directive, called 'The Traffic
Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002' (TSRGD) or be
specifically authorised by the Department for Transport (DfT).
TSRGD specifies the size, shape, wording and location of signing.
A copy of the Traffic Signs Regulations and
General Directions 2002 can be viewed at www.hmso.gov.uk. |
