Part of Road Safety Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:15 pm on 20 April 2006.
Failing to stop at the scene of an accident
Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows—
(a) In section 170(4), in column 3, leave out “summarily” and insert “on indictment”
(b) in section 170(4), in column 4, leave out “six months or level 5 on the standard scale or both” and insert “up to 14 years”.'. —[Mr. Paterson.]
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