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Re: 58 in a 40
By: AlbaZeus Date: December 19, 2025, 2:41 pm
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Hi
Received the NIP, filled it in and signed it.
Received the conditional offer of 3 points and £100 fine. Going
to accept this however had a question
Q: It says on the form I can pay the fine online so by paying
the fine online do they then add the points automatically to my
licence or do I need to do something else for that part?
I have thoroughly read the letter but doesn't state anything
about how the points will be applied
Thanks
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Re: 58 in a 40
By: andy_foster Date: December 19, 2025, 3:26 pm
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In addition to paying the fixed penalty, [unless the fixed
penalty clerk is satisfied as to your identity] you must provide
the required identification details to the fixed penalty clerk -
this is generally referred to by the polis as your "licence
details" - name, date of birth and driving licence number.
In England and Wales at least, seemingly the most common reason
for an attempt to accept a COFP to fail is the failure to read
and comply with this separate 'requirement', although
personally, I am of the opinion that when paying the fixed
penalty online, the information you provide satifies these
requirements as your date of birth is part of your licence
number.
Logically, either you haven't read the fixed penalty offer
properly and missed that part, or it is technically possible
that polis scotland pooled their brain cells and issued both to
the same person, who decided that providing you identification
details to the fixed penalty clerk is not a separate requirement
to providing those same details to the fixed penalty clerk when
paying the fixed penalty.
For the sake of completeness, the points are applied to your
licence record by the DVLA when the fixed penalty has been paid
and the identification details (so they know whose licence to
endorse) are received.
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Re: 58 in a 40
By: AlbaZeus Date: December 20, 2025, 10:58 am
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Hi,
Just for any future reference when paying the fine on the
scotscourt.gov.uk site it had in nice big bold lettering
3 additional penalty points will be applied to your driving
licence.
So it looks indeed like they have synced the process up so
providing another form for the DVLA is not required. In this
force area at least.
Thanks for all the help and advice
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