2013 No. 197

Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 59(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 19961.

In accordance with Article 91(1) of that Order the Department has consulted with such representative organisations as it thinks fit.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2013.

Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order2

For Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 20072 substitute—

SCHEDULE 1Fixed Penalties

Article 2

Offence

Fixed Penalty

1.

A fixed penalty offence under section 4(4) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 19673

£200

2.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 81(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19814

£200

3.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 86 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

£200

4.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

£200

5.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 80(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19955

£200

6.

A fixed penalty offence under regulation 7(3) of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19966

£200

7.

A fixed penalty offence under regulation 7D of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19967

£200

8.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 91E(6) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 19968

£200

9.

A fixed penalty offence under section 1(3) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 9

£200

10.

A fixed penalty offence under section 3(10) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

£200

11.

A fixed penalty offence under section 1(6) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 201010

£200

12.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 177 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 198111

£120

13.

A fixed penalty offence under regulation 3 of the Goods Vehicles (Community Authorisations) Regulations 199212

£60

14.

A fixed penalty offence under section 33(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 199413

£60

15.

A fixed penalty offence under Article 63 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 199514

£60

16.

A fixed penalty offence under regulation 2 of the Road Service Licensing (Community Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200215

£60

17.

A fixed penalty offence under section 3(11) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

£60

18.

Any other fixed penalty offence involving obligatory endorsement

£60

19.

Any other fixed penalty offence.

£30

In this Schedule at items 18 and 19 a “fixed penalty offence” is an offence specified in the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 199716.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 19th July 2013

seal_r00001Iain GreenwayA senior officer of theDepartment of the Environment
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the amount of fixed penalties for certain fixed penalty offences by amending the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (“the Principal Order”).

It amends the Principal Order to provide for new fixed penalty offences which have been specified as such by Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) (Amendment No.2) (Order) (Northern Ireland) 2013.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.