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”.