Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 section 56

Penalties and fines

Section 56 deals with where penalties and fines collected under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 must be paid.

• All penalties recovered under this Act must be paid into the Consolidated Fund (the government's general bank account at the Bank of England).
• The usual rules for applying customs and excise penalties (under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979) do not apply to penalties recovered under this Act.
• Any fines imposed under this Act must also be paid into the Consolidated Fund, even if they would normally be directed elsewhere.
• The effect is that all monetary sanctions under this Act flow directly to central government revenue rather than being retained by other bodies.