{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994/schedule-1A/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994/schedule-1A/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1896",
  "legislation_title": "The Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under paragraph 1 on any land designated by the council under this Schedule.\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 council.\n(3) Paragraphs (2) to (5) of Article 6 apply in relation to notices given under this paragraph as they apply to notices under that Article.\n(4) The amount of the fixed penalty payable to a district council under this paragraph—\n(a) is the amount specified by the council in relation to its district; or\n(b) if no amount is so specified, is £75.\n(5) The district council to which a fixed penalty is payable under this paragraph 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 on behalf of the clerk of the council, and\n(b) states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,\nis evidence of the facts stated.\n(7) If an authorised officer of a district council proposes to give a person a notice under this paragraph, the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.\n(8) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under sub-paragraph (7); or\n(b) he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that sub-paragraph.\n(9) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (8) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(10) In this paragraph “ 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": "Sch. 1A inserted (1.4.2012) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 23), ss. 21(3), 78; S.R. 2012/13, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1896/schedule/1A/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}