Fixed penalties
12Payment of fixed penalty to council
For Article 37 of the Dogs Order (payment of fixed penalty to clerk of petty sessions) substitute—
Payment of fixed penalty37
1
The fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under Article 36 is payable to the district council whose officer gave the notice.
2
In any proceedings a certificate which—
a
purports to be signed on behalf of the clerk of the council, and
b
states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,
is evidence of the facts stated.
3
In 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 (c. 9).