UK Offence Report

The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2011 No. 288 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
28 July 2011
In force from
12 September 2011
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Road traffic and vehicles

Explanatory note

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

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) (Order) (Northern Ireland) 2011. The new fixed penalties relate to record keeping (including obstructing an officer or failing to comply with requirements), failure to comply with a prohibition issued in respect of a bus, coach or goods vehicle except under a public service vehicle or Roads Service licence, and failing to hold the required Community licence or authorisation. The Order also provides that, in respect of certain offences, the applicable amount of the fixed penalty is to be determined according to the nature of the contravention or failure constituting the offence and, in specified cases, its seriousness. The offences in question relate to drivers’ hours (and related recording equipment) for goods and public passenger vehicles, certain roadworthiness defects, and overloading. The applicable amount, determined in relation to the nature of the offence and, in specified cases, its seriousness, is set out in column (2) of each of the tables in the new Schedule 2 (Article 2(4) and (5)). An Explanatory Memorandum and a Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced and is available from Road Safety Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.

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