The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023
S.R. 2023/71 · Made 20 April 2023 · Extends to Northern Ireland
Road Traffic And Vehicles
Made 20th April 2023
Coming into operation 15th May 2023
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
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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
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S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10); Article 59 was amended by Article 22 of S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)
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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
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 15th May 2023.
2Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) OrderI1
In Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007f1 (fixed penalties), after item 25 insert—
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25A. A fixed penalty offence under Article 12 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 £100 ”.
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) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 by inserting an amount of £100 for the fixed penalty prescribed for the offence under Article 12 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.
The new fixed penalty relates to the offence of driving 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.
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.