Article 3 Traffic attendants

(1)

The Department may provide for the enforcement of contraventions specified in Schedule 1 by individuals to be known as traffic attendants.

(2)

A traffic attendant must be—

(a)

an individual employed by the Department; or

(b)

where the Department has made arrangements with any person for the purposes of this Article, an individual employed by that person to act as a traffic attendant.

(3)

Traffic attendants—

(a)

when exercising specified functions shall wear such uniform as the Department may determine; and

(b)

shall not exercise any of those functions when not in uniform.

(4)

In paragraph (3)(a) “specified functions” means—

(a)

functions under Article 5 (issue of penalty charge notice by traffic attendant);

(b)

functions under section 14(4BA) or 14A(5) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 53) (enforcement powers relating to disabled persons' badges); and

(c)

such other functions as may be prescribed.