Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Financial Penalty Deposit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 23^rd April 2012.

In this Order—

• “credit card” means a card or similar thing issued by any person, use of which enables the holder to defer the payment by the holder of the charge for the appropriate amount;

• “debit card” means a card or similar thing issued by any person, use of which by the holder causes the charge for the appropriate amount to be paid by the electronic transfer of funds from any current account of the holder at a bank or other institution providing banking services; and

• “the Order” means the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.