Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2023 No. 70
Road Traffic And Vehicles
The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023
Made
20th April 2023
Coming into operation
15th May 2023
The Department for Infrastructure(1), makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 57(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2) and now vested in it(3).
In accordance with Article 91(1) of that Order the Department has consulted with such representative organisations as it thinks fit.
Citation and commencementN.I.
1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 15th May 2023.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 1 in operation at 15.5.2023, see art. 1
Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) OrderN.I.
2. In Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997(4) (fixed penalty offences), after the heading “Offences under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995” and before item 20 insert—
| “19A | Article 12 | Driving mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration.”. |
Commencement Information
I2Art. 2 in operation at 15.5.2023, see art. 1
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 20th April 2023
Chris Hughes
A senior officer of the
Department for Infrastructure
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 to specify an additional offence, relating to the driving of a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place, to be a fixed penalty offence for the purposes of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Safe and Accessible Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.
Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and (11) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I)). Pursuant to section 1(9) of that Act, the Department of the Environment is dissolved
See Article 8(1)(b) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76)