# Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, Note: 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/73/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/litter-fixed-penalty-order-northern-ireland-2004/note
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