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The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/318 · Made 29 June 2007

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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 29th June 2007

Coming into operation 30th July 2007

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 57(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f1.

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

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

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 30th July 2007.

2Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997f1 (fixed penalty offences) is amended as follows—

(a)

after item 9 (offences under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) insert—

“

9A.Article 90f2Driving, or causing or permitting a person to drive, motor vehicle while uninsured.

”;

(b)

after item 12 (offences under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) insert—

“

12A.Article 177f3Failure of driver or owner of vehicle or other person required to do so, to give information for purposes of identification to police.

”; and

(c)

after item 34 (offences under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) insert—

“

34A.Article 56Af4Breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, mobile telephones etc.

”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 29th June 2007.

L.S.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 by specifying additional offences committed in respect of a vehicle under Articles 90 and 177 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and Article 56A of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, which are fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part IV of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Any liability to conviction of these offences may be discharged by the payment of a fixed penalty which is—

(a)

£200.00 for using a motor vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third-party risks;

(b)

£120.00 for failing to give police information for the purposes of identification of drivers or owners of, and passengers in, vehicles; and

(c)

£60.00 for breaching construction and use requirements as to the control of a vehicle, using hand-held mobile telephones etc. while driving,

by virtue of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 319).