The Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

[F1 Fixed penalty notices relating to Articles 12C and 14 N.I.

14A— (1) This Article applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under Article 12C(2) or 14(8) in relation to a notice served by that council.

(2) The authorised officer may give that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty to the district council.

(3) Paragraphs (2) to (5) of Article 6 (fixed penalty notices), apply in relation to notices given under this Article as they apply in relation to notices given under that Article.

(4) The amount of a fixed penalty payable to a district council under this Article is—

(a) the amount specified by the council in relation to its district; or

(b) if no amount is so specified, £100.

(5) The district council to which a fixed penalty is payable under this Article may make provision for treating it as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by the council.

(6) In any proceedings a certificate which—

(a) purports to be signed by or on behalf of the clerk of the council, and

(b) states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by the date specified in the certificate,

is evidence of the facts stated.

(7) In this Article—

“ authorised officer ”, in relation to a district council, means an officer of the council who is authorised in writing by the council for the purposes of giving notices under this Article;

“ clerk of the council ”, in relation to a district council, means the clerk appointed in accordance with section 41 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. ]

F1 Art. 14A inserted (1.4.2012) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 23), ss. 20, 78; S.R. 2012/13, Sch. 2