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The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023

S.R. 2023/70 · Made 20 April 2023 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 20th April 2023

Coming into operation 15th May 2023

The Department for Infrastructuref1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 57(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f2 and now vested in itf3.

In accordance with Article 91(1) of that Order the Department has consulted with such representative organisations as it thinks fit.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved

f2

S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10)

f3

See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 15th May 2023.

2Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) OrderI1

In Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997f1 (fixed penalty offences), after the heading “Offences under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995” and before item 20 insert—

“

19AArticle 12Driving mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration.

”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 20th April 2023

L.S.

Chris Hughes

A senior officer of the

Department for Infrastructure

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 to specify an additional offence, relating to the driving of a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place, to be a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.