{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-control-and-local-government-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-29A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-control-and-local-government-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-29A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1049",
  "legislation_title": "Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-control-and-local-government-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "article/29A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "29A",
  "heading": "Fixed penalty notices for offence of abandoning vehicles",
  "text": "(1) Where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under Article 29(1)(a) in the district of that council, the 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(2) Where a person is given a notice under this Article in respect of an offence—\n(a) no proceedings shall be instituted for that offence before the expiration of the period of 14 days following the date of that notice; and\n(b) he may not be convicted of that offence if he pays the fixed penalty before the expiration of the period.\n(3) A notice under this Article must give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information of the offence.\n(4) A notice under this Article shall also state—\n(a) the period during which, by virtue of paragraph (2), proceedings will not be taken for the offence;\n(b) the amount of the fixed penalty; and\n(c) the person to whom and the address at which the fixed penalty may be paid.\n(5) Without prejudice to payment by any other method, payment of the fixed penalty may be made by pre-paying and posting a letter containing the amount of the penalty (in cash or otherwise) to the person mentioned in paragraph (4)(c) at the address so mentioned.\n(6) Where a letter is sent in accordance with paragraph (5) payment is to be regarded as having been made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.\n(7) The form of a notice under this Article shall be such as the Department may by order prescribe.\n(8) The fixed penalty payable to a district council under this Article is, subject to paragraph (9), £200.\n(9) The Department may by order substitute a different amount for the amount for the time being specified in paragraph (8).\n(10) 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(11) The Department may by regulations restrict the extent to which, and the circumstances in which, a district council may make provision under paragraph (10).\n(12) 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(13) In this Article—\n“authorised officer”, in relation to a district council, means an employee of the council who is authorised in writing by the council for the purpose 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 29A-29C inserted (18.1.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2012 in so far as not already in operation) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 23), ss. 7, 78; S.R. 2012/13, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1049/article/29A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:02.753419+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."
}