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£15 extra on car fines to help victims of crime

Saturday 2 January 2010 at 5:02 pm | In News | Post Comment Drivers who are found guilty of minor motoring offences face a £15 surcharge to help victims of domestic violence and other violent crime.

The new tax was announced before Christmas in a Parliamentary answer. The “victims’ surcharge” will be added to fixed penalty tickets given out by police and not just those fined in court.

The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 provides for a surcharge to be payable and for the money collected to be used for domestic violence victims.

The minimum fine of £60 for speeding or not wearing a seat belt will rise to £75. And a “penalty notice for disorder” rises from £80 to £95.

The victims’ surcharge was introduced in April 2007. and in two years raised more than £6.6 million.