The Transport (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1990 No. 994 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 1 May 1990
In force from: 2 July 1990
Extent: Not stated
Subject: TV licensing, fare evasion and school attendance
Made under: Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order amends the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967. The principal amendments are— a provision for the exemption of certain vehicles from public service vehicle licensing requirements when they are used in accordance with a permit (Article 3); b the creation of an offence under section 57 of the Act of contravening byelaws made under that section (Article 4); c provision for penalty fares to be charged for travel on a bus service or train service without paying the proper fare (Article 5 and Schedule 1); and d the empowering of the Department of the Environment to make grants towards expenditure incurred in providing vehicles and equipment to facilitate travel by the disabled (Article 6).

Offences created by this instrument

SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
In section 57 of the principal Act, for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections— 2 A… article 4(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

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