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Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

S.R. 2004/73 · Made 1 March 2004

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Made 1st March 2004

Coming into operation 31st March 2004

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 6(7) of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994f1 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1994/1896 (N.I. 10) as amended by S.R. 1998 No. 166

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amount of fixed penalty
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, and shall come into operation on 31st March 2004.

2Amount of fixed penalty

For the amount of £25 specified as the amount of the fixed penalty in Article 6(6) of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 there shall be substituted the amount of £50.

3Revocation

The Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 1st March 2004.

L.S.

Judena Goldring

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

Article 6 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 makes provision for the payment of a fixed penalty to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence of leaving litter under Article 3 or permitting dogs to foul under Article 4 of that Order.

This Order increases the amount of the fixed penalty from £25 to £50.

This Order revokes the Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998, which had increased the fixed penalty from £10 to £25.