Explanatory note

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 to—

• specify an additional offence, relating to the waiting in such a position as to obstruct access to any premises, to be a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

• clarify that a fixed penalty under items 41 to 43 can only be issued in respect of those offences for which a penalty charge cannot be issued in accordance with Article 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 or the Penalty Charge (Exempt from Criminal Proceedings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006; and

• to omit items 45 and 46.

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