PART 2CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION
Amendment to the Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199715
1
The Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199716 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2, omit the definitions of “county court division” and “petty sessions district”.
3
In regulation 3(2)(a), omit “for that petty sessions district”.
4
In regulation 4, for paragraph (2), substitute—
2
A magistrates’ court may, upon complaint made by the clerk of petty sessions, at any time after the expiration of 14 days from the due date and before the expiration of 6 months from that date—
a
issue and cause to be served on the defendant a summons for the appearance of the defendant before a court of summary jurisdiction; or
b
by warrant cause the defendant to be brought before a court of summary jurisdiction.
5
In regulation 4A(3), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the sum payable in default is registered”.
6
In regulation 5(5), for the words from “a court acting” to the end, substitute “a court of summary jurisdiction”.
7
In regulation 6(2), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the sum payable in default is registered”.
8
In regulation 9, omit “for the petty sessions district in which a sum payable in default is registered”.
9
In the Schedule, in paragraph (a), for “the court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district of […]”, substitute “a court of summary jurisdiction”.