Failing to disclose driver details

Not Disclose Identity Of Driver. The offence of failing to provide information as to the name and home address of the driver of a vehicle, who is alleged to have committed an offence under the road transport legislation is set out under s (1) of the Road Transport (General) Act ‘the Act’. The offence carries a maximum penalty of 20 Estimated Reading Time: 13 mins.  · Penalties at court for failing to provide driver details. If you plead guilty or if you are convicted after a trial for failing to provide driver information the court will order: 6 penalty points; Fine of up to £1,; Victim surcharge (10% of the fine, minimum £20); Criminal courts charge (£ for a guilty plea, £ after trial); and. Failing to Provide Police with Driver Details Prosecution; Failing to Give Information on Drivers Identity; Venue. The offence of Failing to Provide Driver Details (Section Prosecution) is a ‘Summary Only’ Offence, this means that the case can only be heard in the Magistrates’ Court. Sentencing Powers for Failing to Provide Driver.

If a Limited Company is being prosecuted for Failing to Provide Driver Details, the Magistrates’ Court cannot impose penalty points upon the Limited Company and a fine is the only available penalty. However, if a Limited Company is found guilty of Failing to Provide Driver Details, and the offence occurred because of negligence or connivance of a person within the Limited Company, that person can also be held individually liable and subject to penalty points and a fine. Denise was the holder of a clean licence, which she had held for over 10 years, and was facing charges of Failing to Disclose Driver’s Details and Speeding. Failing to disclose driver’s details is an offence which carries 6 penalty points. Denise could have easily accepted the points, and carried on driving as if nothing had happened, but Denise was not at all guilty of Failing to Disclose Driver’s Details. What bothered him was that this was a minor speeding offence, 35/30, 3 points, £ fine or even a Speed Awareness Course had the police offered him it – but because he did not receive the forms to be able to return them he was now facing something much more serious – a charge of Failing to Disclose Drivers Details, the penalties for which are 6 points, a fine of up to £ plus court costs.

The registered keeper of a vehicle will receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution when the driver was not formally warned of potential prosecution at the time of. As a result, a formal notice of intended prosecution and request for driver details will be sent to the registered keeper of the vehicle involved. Failure to. A conviction for Failing to Provide Driver Information alone will not result in a Driving Ban, because the Court will impose 6 penalty points for this offence.