{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Proof, in summary proceedings, of identity of driver of vehicle",
  "text": "Where in the summary trial for an offence to which Article 177 of the Order of 1981 (identification of drivers, etc. of vehicles) applies—\n(a) it is proved to the satisfaction of the court, on oath or in the manner prescribed by magistrates' courts rules, that a requirement under Article 177 of that Order or Article 14(8) of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 to give information as to the identity of the driver of a particular vehicle on the particular occasion to which the complaint relates has been served on the accused; and\n(b) a statement in writing is produced to the court purporting to be signed by the accused that the accused was the driver of that vehicle on that occasion,\nthe court may accept that statement as evidence that the accused was the driver of that vehicle on that occasion.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1997 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "By Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 13, Sch. 1 para. 8 it is provided that in art. 15(1) there is power to apply conferred (23.4.2012); S.R. 2012/16, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "By S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1), Sch. 2A para. 7 (as inserted (prosp.) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 25(3), Sch. 3) it is provided that in art. 15(1) there is power to apply conferred."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Art. 15 applied (23.4.2012) by Road Traffic (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/ 19), {reg. 21(d)}"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "power to apply conferred by SI 1981/154 (N.I. 1) Sch. 2A para. 7 (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "nisi/2007/916",
      "affecting_title": "The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:50.386033+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}