Road Traffic Fixed Penalty (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

Part IV of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (“the Order” makes provision for a new system of fixed penalties which comes into force on 1st October 1997.

These Regulations make provision for the procedure to be followed under the new system additional to that already set out in the Order. The Regulations for the most part concern the sending of certain documents between the police and the courts. In addition, Regulation 2 and Schedule 1 to the Regulations prescribe the information to be provided in the documents issued under Part IV of the Order. Regulation 5(2) and (3) provide that a remittance in respect of a fixed penalty is to be returned to the payer if it is made otherwise than as required by the fixed penalty notice or to the wrong court. Regulation 8 provides that the fixed penalty clerk shall not accept payment of the fixed penalty after the expiry of the period allowed for payment by the fixed penalty notice. Regulation 10 provides that a driving licence receipt issued by a constable shall be valid for a period of two months instead of the period of one month specified in Article 62(3)(a) of the Order. Regulation 11 and Schedule 2 to the Regulations prescribe the particulars to be contained in hiring agreements.