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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clean-neighbourhoods-and-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-72",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/23",
  "legislation_title": "Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clean-neighbourhoods-and-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Use of penalty receipts",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to amounts paid to a district council in pursuance of—\n(a) notices under Article 6 and Article 14A of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1A to, the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10);\n(b) notices under section 26;\n(c) notices under section 43.\n(2) The amounts to which this section applies which are paid to a district council are in this section called the council's “fixed penalty receipts”.\n(3) A district council may use its fixed penalty receipts only for the purposes of qualifying functions of the council.\n(4) For the purposes of this section the “qualifying functions” of a council are—\n(a) its functions under the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994;\n(b) its functions under section 26;\n(c) its functions under Part 5; and\n(d) such other of its functions as may be specified in regulations made by the Department.\n(5) Regulations under subsection (4)(d) may (in particular) have the effect that a council may use its fixed penalty receipts for the purposes of any of its functions.\n(6) A district council must supply the Department with such information relating to its fixed penalty receipts as the Department may require.\n(7) The Department may by regulations—\n(a) make provision for what a council is to do with its fixed penalty receipts—\n(i) pending their being used for the purposes of qualifying functions of the council;\n(ii) if they are not so used before such time after their receipt as may be specified by the regulations;\n(b) make provision for accounting arrangements in respect of a council's fixed penalty receipts.\n(8) The provision that may be made under subsection (7)(a)(ii) includes (in particular) provision for the payment of sums to a person (including the Department) other than the council.\n(9) Before making regulations under this section, the Department must consult—\n(a) district councils;\n(b) such other persons as the Department thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 72 in operation at 1.4.2012 by S.R. 2012/13, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/23/section/72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:43.734706+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}