Meredydd Hughes recognised it was a 'serious matter'
Police chief's personal statement
Meredydd Hughes, the chief constable of South Yorkshire, apologised after being caught on camera in a 60mph zone on the A5 at Chirk near Wrexham in May.
He stood down from his role at Acpo after he was summonsed for the offence, which happened when he was on holiday.
He was disqualified for 42 days and fined £350 by Wrexham magistrates.
Hughes, 49, did not appear in person before magistrates but entered his guilty plea via his solicitor, Huw Edwards.
The court heard the chief constable was caught driving at 90mph in his Y-reg Audi at 8.17am on 28 May.
He is no exception and he accepts that he must be punished for the offence
Huw Edwards, Hughes' solicitor
Mr Edwards said Hughes had made a guilty plea "effectively" at the first opportunity, and had fully co-operated with the police.
"With regards to the offence itself, Mr Hughes recalls that on that morning he was returning from north Wales where he was on a short climbing holiday.
"He doesn't seek to make any excuse about this matter. He totally accepts that the police have a duty to do," Mr Edwards said.
"He is no exception and he accepts that he must be punished for the offence.
"He asks me to apologise for the offence. He recognises that the matter is a serious matter."
Hughes undermines the work of traffic police to protect the safety of road users, both within his force and across the country
Jools Townsend, Brake
As Acpo's roads chief, Hughes had argued in favour of "less conspicuous" speed cameras as a way of slowing down traffic.
Cardiff-born Hughes had also served with the South Wales and Greater Manchester forces during his career but returned to South Yorkshire in 2002 as deputy chief constable.
He has been in the chief constable's post since September 2004.
South Yorkshire Police refused to discuss whether a car and police driver would be made available to Mr Hughes during the period of his driving ban.
A spokeswoman said the court case was "a private matter" and referred the inquiry to South Yorkshire Police Authority.
They issued a statement saying: "The matter will now be considered by the South Yorkshire Police Authority in accordance with established procedures relating to this type of incident.
Jools Townsend, of road safety campaigners Brake said Hughes' offence was "shocking" and called the sentence lenient.
"By committing this deadly crime, Hughes undermines the work of traffic police to protect the safety of road users, both within his force and across the country.
"He should seriously consider his position as a result."
But the anti-speed camera group Safe Speed said: "The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Mr Hughes should clearly have been preaching what he practices - because clearly he knows that exceeding the speed limit isn't necessarily dangerous."
The area where the Chief Constable was caught speeding. 
The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police in England, Meredydd Hughes, was found guilty of speeding at Wrexham Magistrates Court today and banned from driving.  He was caught driving at 90 mph where the speed limit was 60 mph.  Wrexham Magistrates court disqualified Hughes from driving for 42 days and fined him £350.

The Chief Constable did not appear in court in person, but was represented by his solicitor, Huw Edwards.  Mr Edwards said:

"He doesn't seek to make any excuse about this matter. He totally accepts that the police have a duty to do.  He is no exception and he accepts that he must be punished for the offence."

"He asks me to apologise for the offence. He recognises that the matter is a serious matter." 

Hughes had already received six penalty points on his license from previous speeding convictions and a conviction for failing to identify the speeding driver of one of his force's vehicles in 2006, although his driving licence was free of points at the time he went to court.  Wrexham Magistrates Court had adjourned the case to today from a date in late November, as Meredydd Hughes initially claimed that he has still not yet found a solicitor to represent him.

Matthew Elliot, the Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, criticized Hughes for wasting Court time at the taxpayer's expense. "Meredydd Hughes has shown breathtaking hypocrisy in this case," said Elliot. "Not only has he been caught preaching one thing and doing another in the past, but he has also wasted court time and therefore taxpayers’ money."

Jools Townsend, speaking for the Road Safety Campaign group Brake, said the offence was "Shocking" and the sentence "lenient" - and that the Chief Constable should "Seriously consider his position as a result".

The incident is embarrassing for South Yorkshire Police, as Hughes was the Chair of ACPO's road policing enforcement committee, with responsibility for developing police policies about how speed cameras are used.  Hughes is a supporter of mobile speed cameras and believes that all speed cameras should be deliberately hidden from motorists, and has given interviews on the importance of road safety management in businesses.