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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).