The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

4.  In Article 60 (notices on-the-spot or at a police station)– N.I.

(a) in the heading, for “or at a police station” substitute “ etc. ”;

(b) in paragraph (1), after “uniform” insert “ , or a vehicle examiner who produces his authority, ”;

(c) in paragraph (2), after “constable” insert “ or vehicle examiner ”;

(d) in paragraph (3), after “constable” in each place, insert “ or vehicle examiner ”;

(e) in paragraph (4)–

(i) after “constable” in the first 3 places, insert “ or vehicle examiner ”;

(ii) for “, within 7 days after the notice is given, he produces” substitute “ he delivers ”; and

(iii) for the words from “person to” to “person concerned)” substitute “ accordance with paragraph (4A ”;

(f) after that paragraph insert–

“(4A) Delivery must–

(a) if the notice is given by a constable, be made in person, within 7 days after the notice is given, to a constable or authorised person at the police station specified in the notice (being a police station chosen by the person concerned), or

(b) if the notice is given by a vehicle examiner, be made (either by post or in person), within 14 days after the notice is given, to the Department at the place specified in the notice.”;

(g) in paragraph (5)–

(i) for “produces” substitute “ delivers ”;

(ii) for the words from “person to a” to “to him” substitute “ accordance with paragraph (4A) ”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (a) and in the words following sub-paragraph (b), for “constable or authorised person” substitute “ person to whom the notice under paragraph (4) is delivered ”;

(iv) omit “he surrenders”; and

(v) for “to the constable or authorised person” substitute “ are delivered ”;

(h) in paragraph (7)–

(i) after “surrendered” insert “ or delivered ”; and

(ii) insert at the end “ if the fixed penalty notice was given by a constable or authorised person ”.