SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2N.I.GIVING OF FIXED PENALTY NOTICES BY VEHICLE EXAMINERS ETC.

The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 10)N.I.

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 ”.