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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-56.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/56",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Expressions defined in this Part",
  "text": "The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are respectively defined or (as the case may be) fall to be construed in accordance with the provisions of this Part listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.\n(1)\n(2)\nExpression\nRelevant provision\nAuthorised person\nArticle 60(8)\nConditional offer\nArticle 80(2)\nFixed penalty\nArticle 59\nFixed penalty clerk\nArticles 74(5) and 80(3)\nFixed penalty notice\nArticle 58\nFixed penalty offence\nArticle 57\nNotice to owner\nArticles 68(2) and 71(4)\nNotice requesting a hearing in respect of an offence\nArticle 55(2)\nOffence\nArticle 55(2)\nOfficial form\nArticle 73(4)\nOwner\nArticle 73(1)\nPeriod allowed for response to a notice to owner\nArticle 68(5)\nRegistered keeper\nArticle 55(2)\nStatutory statement of facts\nPart II of Schedule 2\nStatutory statement of hiring\nPart I of Schedule 2\nStatutory statement of ownership\nPart I of Schedule 2\nSuspended enforcement period\nArticle 58(3)(a)\nTime of the alleged offence\nArticle 68(3)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/56",
    "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."
}