Article 7 Warrants

Rule 14 shall be amended in accordance with this Rule.

In paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” substitute the words “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”;

After paragraph (2) insert the following new paragraph (2A)—

“(2A)

A warrant issued under the Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be signed by a resident magistrate or justice of the peace but shall not in any case be signed by the clerk of petty sessions.”;

After paragraph (5) insert the following new paragraph—

“(6)

Where—

(a)

a warrant for the arrest of a defendant is issued under Regulation 4(2)(b) or 5(5) of the Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997; and

(b)

the court before which the defendant is brought is not acting for the same petty sessions district as the court in which the sum is registered as a fine;

the clerk of petty sessions for the court before which the defendant is brought shall forward a copy of any order made by that court to the clerk of petty sessions for the court in which the sum is registered as a fine.”.