{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-87.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/87",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Powers of court in cases of deception",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies where—\n(a) in endorsing the counterpart of any person's licence under Article 63, the fixed penalty clerk or the Department is deceived as to whether endorsement under that Article is excluded by Article 66(2) by virtue of the fact that the licence holder would be liable to be disqualified under Article 40 if he were convicted of the offence; or\n(b) in endorsing the counterpart of any person's licence under Article 82 the appropriate person is deceived as to whether proceedings against the person are excluded by Article 81 by virtue of the fact that the licence holder would be liable to be disqualified under Article 40 if he were convicted of the offence.\n(1A) This Article also applies where–\n(a) particulars are endorsed on a person's driving record under Article 63A because the fixed penalty clerk or the Department is deceived as to whether endorsement under that Article is excluded by Article 66A(2) by virtue of the fact that the person to whom the fixed penalty notice was given would be liable to be disqualified under Article 40 if he were convicted of the offence, or\n(b) particulars are endorsed on a person's driving record under Article 82A because the appropriate person or court is deceived as to whether proceedings against the person are excluded by Article 81 by virtue of the fact that the person to whom the conditional offer is issued would be liable to be disqualified under Article 40 if he were convicted of the offence.\n(2) If—\n(a) the deception constituted or was due to an offence committed by the person to whom the fixed penalty notice was given or conditional offer was issued, and\n(b) the he is convicted of that offence,\nthe court by or before which he is convicted shall have the same powers and duties as it would have had if he had also been convicted by or before it of the offence of which particulars were endorsed under Article 63 or 63A or, as the case may be, Article 82 or 82A.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 87(1)(a) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 21(b)(i); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 87(1)(b) substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 21(b)(ii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 87(1A) inserted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 25(a); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 87(2)(a) substituted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 25(b)(i); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 87(2)(b) substituted (14.12.2010) by virtue of Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 25(b)(ii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 87(2) inserted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 25(b)(iii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 87(2) inserted (14.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 39(6), Sch. 4 para. 25(b)(iv); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 87 heading substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 21(a); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/87",
    "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."
}