{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-20",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1997/276",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Acceptance of payment as bar to proceedings under Article 19",
  "text": "Where in the case of any vehicle—\n(a) an authorisation by way of such a permit or token as is referred to in Article 16(3) has been issued with respect to the vehicle; and\n(b) the Department is satisfied that, in accordance with the terms on which the authorisation was issued, a charge has become payable and has not been paid in respect of any period for which the vehicle has been left in a parking place,\nacceptance by the Department of payment of the amount of that charge shall be a bar to proceedings for an offence under Article 19(1)(b) of failing duly to pay the charge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/276/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:28.359655+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."
}