# Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, Section 60: Penalty notices


(1) A police officer who has reason to believe that a person over the age of 18 has committed a penalty offence may give that person a penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(2) Unless the notice is given in a police station, the police officer giving it must be in uniform.
(3) In this Chapter “penalty notice” means a notice offering the opportunity, by paying a penalty in accordance with this Chapter, to discharge any liability to be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/section/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-60
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