{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-14A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-14A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1896",
  "legislation_title": "The Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/14A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14A",
  "heading": "Fixed penalty notices relating to Articles 12C and 14",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under Article 12C(2) or 14(8) in relation to a notice served by that council.\n(2) The authorised officer may give that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty to the district council.\n(3) Paragraphs (2) to (5) of Article 6 (fixed penalty notices), apply in relation to notices given under this Article as they apply in relation to notices given under that Article.\n(4) The amount of a fixed penalty payable to a district council under this Article is—\n(a) the amount specified by the council in relation to its district; or\n(b) if no amount is so specified, £100.\n(5) The district council to which a fixed penalty is payable under this Article may make provision for treating it as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by the council.\n(6) In any proceedings a certificate which—\n(a) purports to be signed by or on behalf of the clerk of the council, and\n(b) states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by the date specified in the certificate,\nis evidence of the facts stated.\n(7) In this Article—\n“ authorised officer ”, in relation to a district council, means an officer of the council who is authorised in writing by the council for the purposes of giving notices under this Article;\n“ clerk of the council ”, in relation to a district council, means the clerk appointed in accordance with section 41 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 14A inserted (1.4.2012) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 23), ss. 20, 78; S.R. 2012/13, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1896/article/14A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:39.450052+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}