Policing of Roads,
Parks and Sea Beaches (Application of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1957
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Policing of Roads,
Parks and Sea Beaches (Application of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1957
A LAW to empower the States to
provide that fines imposed for offences against Regulations relating to the
policing of roads, parks and sea beaches shall be awarded for the benefit of
the Parishes
Commencement
[see endnotes]
1
(1) Subject as hereinafter
provided, Regulations made by the States in exercise of the powers conferred
upon them by the Loi (1851) autorisant l’établissement
des règlements sur la police des chemins, or by that Loi and by Article 92
of the Road Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the “relevant powers”), may
include provisions –
(a) awarding
the fine imposed for any offence against the Regulations for the benefit of the
parish in which the offence was committed;
(b) directing
the purpose to which fines so awarded shall be applied.[1]
(2) Where a
person –
(a) is
charged with an offence under Regulations made under the relevant powers; and
(b) accepts
the decision of a Centenier having jurisdiction in the matter,
that Centenier may inflict and levy summarily a fine of level 1 on
the standard scale.[2]
(3) Where any fine is
levied by a Centenier in exercise of powers conferred upon the Centenier by
virtue of this Article, the Centenier shall give a receipt for the same.[3]
2
This Law may be cited as the Policing of Roads, Parks and Sea
Beaches (Application of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1957.
[1] Article 1(1) amended
by L.17/1994, revised on 18 June 2025 by Law Revision Board item 2025/3
[2] Article 1(2) substituted
by L.17/1994, amended by L.2/2009, L.2/2010, R&O.81/2014, L.1/2016
[3] Article 1(3) amended
by R&O.81/2014