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Law Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

  • Received 16.01.2026,
  • Revised 10.04.2026,
  • Accepted 26.05.2026
  • Published 08.07.2026
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Volume 16, No. 2, 2026
  • administrative liability; liable person; automated speed enforcement; evidential value of technical data; appeal of decision; personal data protection; comparative legal analysis
  • https://doi.org/10.63341/naia-chasopis/2.2026.62
  • Pages 62-74

This study is motivated by the introduction of automatic traffic offence enforcement systems and the need to reconsider their legal, organisational, and procedural regulation in the context of digitalisation of public administration. The aim of this study was to examine the specifics of regulatory consolidation, organisation, and application of the system of automatic recording of traffic violations in Ukraine and individual states. The paper employed formal legal, systemic-structural, comparative legal, logical-semantic, and analytical methods. The study found that the regulatory framework governing the operation of the automatic recording system in Ukraine is formed by provisions of codified administrative legislation, governmental regulations, and departmental regulations, which together define the substantive, organisational, technical, and procedural foundations of its operation. It was revealed that the Ukrainian model is characterised by a specific legal definition of the liable person, issuance of a decision without drawing up a protocol and without the direct participation of the person in administrative proceedings. It was proven that the evidential base in cases of this category is formed by technical enforcement devices and data from official state registers, which determines the specific nature of procedural guarantees. It has been established that the enforcement stage of the administrative decision is of independent significance in ensuring proper notification of the individual and protection of procedural rights. Comparative analysis showed that in France, the United Kingdom, individual states of Australia, and New Zealand, automatic recording is combined with more developed mechanisms for technical approval of enforcement tools and the use of automatically obtained data as evidence. The study is of practical importance for the further development of the national model in terms of legal certainty, admissibility of automatically obtained data, technical suitability of control tools, and protection of personal data of road users

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