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The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013

S.R. 2013/5 · Made 15 January 2013

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 15th January 2013

Coming into operation 18th February 2013

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) 2013 and shall come into operation on 18th February 2013.

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)

omit item A2; and

(b)

after item 50 insert—

“

Offences under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010f2
50ASection 1(6)Using goods vehicle on road for carriage of goods except under operator’s licence.

”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 15th January 2013

L.S.

Iain Greenway

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 as a consequence of the implementation of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (“the Goods Vehicles Act”) by omitting item A2 and re-introducing the offence under the Goods Vehicles Act as item 50A.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr