# The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 91H: Power to prevent courses being offered for repeat offences


(1) The Department of Justice may by regulations prohibit the Chief Constable from offering an approved course to a person as an alternative to prosecution for a specified fixed penalty offence where—
(a) there is a course fee, and
(b) the person has, within a period specified in the regulations, satisfactorily completed a similar approved course in respect of an earlier specified fixed penalty offence.
(2) The regulations must include provision for the purpose of identifying what counts as a “similar” course; and that provision may, in particular, confer power on a person to determine what courses count as similar.
(3) In this Article the following terms have the meaning given by Article 91G(6)—
“approved course”;
“prosecution”;
“specified fixed penalty offence”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1320/article/91H (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-offenders-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-91H
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