Part 5: Road traffic Section 97: Power to issue fixed penalty notices on-the-spot in Scotland
This section extends to the police in Scotland the power to issue Fixed Penalty Notices ("FPNs") on-the-spot to road traffic offenders.
	Subsection (1) repeals the words "England and Wales" from section 54 of the RTOA 1988, as a result the power to issue FPNs on-the-spot under section 54 applies throughout Great Britain.
	Subsection (2) applies to Scotland and prevents the police or the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland from issuing a conditional offer of fixed penalty notice to a person who has already received an FPN for the same offence. The offender can make up their mind whether to accept the FPN or dispute it in court, confident in the knowledge that they will not receive any further direct measure aimed at diverting them from court. This accords with the position in England and Wales currently.
	Subsection (3) repeals the paragraph in Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 which specifically disapplied section 54 from Scotland; it is a necessary consequence of subsection (1) which applies section 54 to the whole of Great Britain.