QUOTE (roythebus @ Wed, 9 Mar 2011 - 15:03)
You can't get a fixed penalty with a foreign licence.
They can if they have been pulled at the time - Road Safety Act 2006, sections 8 & 9.
However, I'm not convinced that the same arrangement exists for Conditional Offers of Fixed Penalty issued in accordance with s.75 Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
Since michel would have qualified to be dealt with by CoFP (assuming no awareness course), then he might consider applying for a GB counterpart to his French licence - form
here. This should avoid the requirement to attend court, assuming that no course is offered and, as a non-GB licence holder, he would be unable to be issued a CoFP.