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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-financial-penalty-deposit-order-northern-ireland-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Financial Penalty Deposit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-financial-penalty-deposit-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies certain matters for the purpose of Part IVA of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. That Part, which is inserted by Article 12 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007, provides that constables or vehicle examiners may impose a financial penalty deposit requirement on a person if the constable or vehicle examiner has reason to believe that the person is committing or has on that occasion committed an offence relating to a motor vehicle and the person, offence and circumstances in which the offence is committed are of a description specified in an order made by the Department of the Environment (“the Department”) (new Article 91B).\nArticles 2 to 4, with the Schedule to this Order, specify the person, offences and circumstances in which a financial penalty deposit requirement can be imposed. Article 5 specifies the manner of payment. Article 6 sets out the steps to be followed by the Department where making an appropriate refund in accordance with Part IVA of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.\nThe Department of the Environment has produced an Explanatory Memorandum and a Regulatory Impact Assessment, showing the effect these Regulations will have on costs for the business and voluntary sectors. The documents are available from the Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/17/note",
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  "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."
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