The comments below are general and should not be taken as a definitive statement of the law or procedure. Expert advice should always be sought. We have not attempted to cover all the factors that may be relevant where an offence is alleged to have been committed.

Section 1(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 requires that for certain specified offences the person to be prosecuted must have been:-

• warned at the time the offence was committed of the possibility of prosecution or
• served with a summons within 14 days of the commission of the offence or
• served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution within 14 days of the commission of the offence or alternatively such a Notice must have been served on the Registered Keeper.