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This Order amends Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, to increase the number of obligatory penalty points attributable to an offence under section 56A(b) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the 1995 Order”) from three to six points.
Article 56A(b) of the 1995 Order relates to the offence of driving or supervising the driving of a motor vehicle while using a hand held mobile telephone, or other hand held interactive communication device or causing or permitting the driving of a motor vehicle by another person using such a telephone or other device.
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