Explanatory Memorandum

Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

2007 No. 611

      Enforcement

Article 19 – Power to stop vehicles

Article 19 inserts a new Article 73A into the 1997 Order which gives an authorised officer of the Department a new power to require any person driving a vehicle on a road or other public place to stop. Any person who fails to stop when so required is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5,000).