# The Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, Article 10: Fixed penalties for offences under Articles 7 and 8


(1) An authorised officer of a district council who has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under Article 7(5) or 8(2) on premises, or in a place or vehicle, within the district of the council may give him a penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(2) A penalty notice is a notice offering a person the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence to which the notice relates by paying a penalty in accordance with this Order.
(3) Schedule 1 makes further provision about fixed penalties.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800427/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-smoking-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-10
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