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The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

S.R. 2014/231 · Made 18 September 2014

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 18th September 2014

Coming into operation 31st October 2014

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
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 31st October 2014.

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

In Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997f1 (fixed penalty offences) after item 50A insert—

“

Offences under the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013
50BSection 11Using or keeping heavy goods vehicle if the HGV road user levy not paid.

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Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 18th September 2014

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 by specifying an additional offence under section 11 of the HGV Road Users Levy Act 2013 (C.7) to be a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

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