Notice of Intended Prosecution (Speeding Ticket)
If a vehicle is flashed by a speed camera or caught by another speed detector device, the registered keeper of the vehicle should receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) within 14 days.
If you do receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution then Section 172 of the RTA requires you to return the NIP Information with details of who was driving within 28 days. If you do not know who was driving you must state this but you can be liable to a 6 point fine if you do not return the form or provide the information. If you put false information it is a serious offence.
If you are stopped by a police officer, or there is a police officer at the scene of an accident, the or she may give you a verbal NIP, in which case a written NIP is not required.
If the registered keeper was not the driver then the police are allowed more time to establish who is the driver beyond the 14 days. This can be where it is a company or hire car or works van or if the vehicle has recently been sold and the new keeper's details not yet registered with DVLA.
If there is a significant mistake on the Notice of Intended Prosecution, then you may have a valid defence. However, under the slip rules, the court can make minor amendments if it is only a small or incidental mistake.
If you only recently acquired the vehicle, then the police may send the NIP to the previous registered keeper, who will then of course inform them that the vehicle has been sold. If this error is your fault (eg for not sending in the registration document with your details) then again this will be no defence.
The police have 6 months in which to issue proceedings, which may be by way of fixed penalty notice or for more serious offences summons to court.
The normal fine for speeding is £100 and 3 penalty points when dealt with by way of a fixed penalty notice ie for lesser offences
If a vehicle is flashed by a speed camera or caught by another speed detector device, the registered keeper of the vehicle should receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) within 14 days.
If you do receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution then Section 172 of the RTA requires you to return the NIP Information with details of who was driving within 28 days. If you do not know who was driving you must state this but you can be liable to a 6 point fine if you do not return the form or provide the information. If you put false information it is a serious offence.
If you are stopped by a police officer, or there is a police officer at the scene of an accident, the or she may give you a verbal NIP, in which case a written NIP is not required.
If the registered keeper was not the driver then the police are allowed more time to establish who is the driver beyond the 14 days. This can be where it is a company or hire car or works van or if the vehicle has recently been sold and the new keeper's details not yet registered with DVLA.
If there is a significant mistake on the Notice of Intended Prosecution, then you may have a valid defence. However, under the slip rules, the court can make minor amendments if it is only a small or incidental mistake.
If you only recently acquired the vehicle, then the police may send the NIP to the previous registered keeper, who will then of course inform them that the vehicle has been sold. If this error is your fault (eg for not sending in the registration document with your details) then again this will be no defence.
The police have 6 months in which to issue proceedings, which may be by way of fixed penalty notice or for more serious offences summons to court.
The normal fine for speeding is £100 and 3 penalty points when dealt with by way of a fixed penalty notice ie for lesser offences