Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Prospective

5  Until the commencement of the repeal (by Article 40(4) of and paragraph 47 of Schedule 5 to the Order of 2007) of Articles 63 and 82 respectively of the Offenders Order (endorsement of counterpart without hearing) and (endorsement of counterpart where fixed penalty under conditional offer paid)— N.I.

(a) Article 59C of the Offenders Order (inserted by section 9(1)) has effect as if—

(i) the reference in paragraph (2)(b) to “licence”, where it second occurs, were a reference to “licence and its counterpart”,

(ii) the reference in paragraph (3) to “licence” were a reference to “licence and its counterpart”,

(iii) the reference in paragraph (5) to “licence” were a reference to “licence and a counterpart of a licence”,

(b) Article 63 of that Order has effect as if—

(i) the reference in paragraph (1) to “a fixed penalty notice under Article 60,” were a reference to “a fixed penalty notice under Article 60 or notice under Article 59C(2)”,

(ii) the reference in paragraph (3) to “the end of the suspended enforcement period” were a reference to “the end of the suspended enforcement period or (as the case may be) of the period specified in a notice relating to the offence under Article 59C(2)”,

(c) Article 82 of that Order has effect as if—

(i) the reference in paragraph (1) to “a conditional offer” were a reference to “a conditional offer or notice under Article 59C(2)”,

(ii) the reference in paragraph (2)(b) to “the expiry of the period specified in the conditional offer” were a reference to “the expiry of the period specified in the conditional offer or (as the case may be) notice under Article 59C(2)”,

(d) the entry in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Order (prosecution and punishment of offences under the Road Traffic Orders) for offences under Article 59C(6) (inserted by section 9(3)) has effect as if the reference in column 2 to “licence” were a reference to “licence and counterpart”.