{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-91G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-91G.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/91G",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "91G",
  "heading": "Power to charge fees",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Constable may charge a fee for enrolment on an approved course offered as an alternative to prosecution for a specified fixed penalty offence.\n(2) A fee may be set at a level that exceeds the cost of an approved course and related administrative expenses, but any excess must be used for the purpose of promoting road safety.\n(3) The power in paragraph (1) may be exercised only with the approval in writing of the Policing Board.\nSuch approval may be given—\n(a) generally or specifically, and\n(b) subject to conditions.\n(4) The Department of Justice may by regulations make further provision about—\n(a) how fees, or components of fees, are to be calculated;\n(b) the level of fees or components of fees;\n(c) the use of fee income.\n(5) The regulations may include provision as to the amount, or maximum amount, of a fee or component of a fee.\n(6) In this Article—\n“approved course” means a course approved (whether before or after this Article comes into operation) by a body specified in regulations under paragraph (7);\n“fixed penalty offence” means an offence that is a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of Part 4 (see Article 57);\n“promoting road safety” includes the prevention, detection or enforcement of offences relating to vehicles;\n“prosecution”, in relation to an offence, includes any alternative way of being dealt with for the offence (other than attending an approved course);\n“specified fixed penalty offence” means an offence specified under paragraph (7).\n(7) The Department of Justice may by regulations—\n(a) specify fixed penalty offences for the purposes of this Article;\n(b) specify a body to approve courses for the purposes of this Article.\n(8) Nothing in this Article limits any power to charge fees apart from this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4B inserted (26.10.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 89(2), 208(1); S.I. 2022/1075, reg. 3(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/91G",
    "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."
}