The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

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Notices on-the-spot [F1etc.]N.I.

60.—(1) This Article applies where on any occasion a constable in uniform [F2, or a vehicle examiner who produces his authority,] has reason to believe that a person he finds is committing or has on that occasion committed a fixed penalty offence.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the constable [F3or vehicle examiner] may give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.

(3) Where the offence appears to the constable [F4or vehicle examiner] to involve obligatory endorsement , the constable [F4or vehicle examiner] may only give him a fixed penalty notice under paragraph (2) in respect of the offence if—

(a)he produces his licence and its counterpart for inspection by the constable [F4or vehicle examiner],

(b)the constable [F4or vehicle examiner] is satisfied, on inspecting the licence and its counterpart, that he would not be liable to be disqualified under Article 40 if he were convicted of that offence, and

(c)he surrenders his licence and its counterpart to the constable [F4or vehicle examiner] to be retained and dealt with in accordance with this Part.

(4) Where—

(a)the offence appears to the constable [F5or vehicle examiner] to involve obligatory endorsement, and

(b)the person concerned does not produce his licence and its counterpart for inspection by the constable [F5or vehicle examiner],

the constable [F5or vehicle examiner] may give him a notice stating that if [F6he delivers] the notice together with his licence and its counterpart in [F7accordance with paragraph (4A] and the requirements of paragraph (5)(a) and (b) are met he will then be given a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.

[F8(4A) Delivery must–

(a)if the notice is given by a constable, be made in person, within 7 days after the notice is given, to a constable or authorised person at the police station specified in the notice (being a police station chosen by the person concerned), or

(b)if the notice is given by a vehicle examiner, be made (either by post or in person), within 14 days after the notice is given, to the Department at the place specified in the notice.]

(5) If a person to whom a notice has been given under paragraph (4) [F9delivers] the notice together with his licence and its counterpart in [F10accordance with paragraph (4A)] and the following requirements are met, that is—

(a)the [F11person to whom the notice under paragraph (4) is delivered] is satisfied, on inspecting the licence and its counterpart, that he would not be liable to be disqualified under Article 40 if he were convicted of the offence, and

(b)F12. . . his licence and its counterpart [F13are delivered] to be retained and dealt with in accordance with this Part,

the [F14person to whom the notice under paragraph (4) is delivered] must give him a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence to which the notice under paragraph (4) relates.

(6) A notice under paragraph (4) shall give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence to which it relates as are necessary for giving reasonable information about the alleged offence.

(7) A licence and a counterpart of a licence surrendered [F15or delivered] in accordance with this Article must be sent to the fixed penalty clerk [F16if the fixed penalty notice was given by a constable or authorised person].

(8) In this Part “authorised person”, in relation to a fixed penalty notice given at a police station, means a person authorised for the purposes of this Article by or on behalf of the Chief Constable.

(9) In determining for the purposes of paragraphs (3)(b) and (5)(a) whether a person convicted of an offence would be liable to disqualification under Article 40, it shall be assumed, in the case of an offence in relation to which a range of numbers is shown in the last column of Part I or Part II of Schedule 1, that the number of penalty points to be attributed to the offence would be the lowest in the range.

F1Words in art. 60 heading substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(a); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F2Words in art. 60(1) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(b); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F3Words in art. 60(2) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(c); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F4Words in art. 60(3) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(d); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F5Words in art. 60(4) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(e)(i); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F6Words in art. 60(4) substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(e)(ii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F7Words in art. 60(4) substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(e)(iii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F8Art. 60(4A) inserted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(f); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F9Word in art. 60(5) substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(g)(i); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F10Words in art. 60(5) substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(g)(ii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F11Words in art. 60(5)(a) substituted (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, Sch. 2 para. 4(g)(iii); S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F12Words in art. 60(5)(b) repealed (13.12.2010) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 16, 86(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(g)(iv), Sch. 8 Pt. III; S.R. 2010/370, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1