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

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Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1Information or further information to be provided in certain Documents mentioned in Part IV of The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

DocumentProvision of OrderInformation or further information to be provided

1.  Fixed penalty notice

Article 58(1)

(i)The name of the police force of which the constable giving the notice is a member.

(ii)The serial number of the fixed penalty notice.

(iii)Whether the notice relates to an endorsable offence.

(iv)The name, date of birth and address of the person to whom the notice is given.

(v)The date, time and place of the alleged offence.

(vi)The details of the vehicle including the registration number.

(vii)The documents, if any, to be produced at a police station and the period within which they must be produced.

(viii)An explanation of the action to be taken by the driver where (a) he has not or (b) he has surrendered the licence.

(ix)The fact that the person to whom the notice is given may opt for trial.

(x)The method of paying the fixed penalty.

(xi)The name, rank and number of the constable issuing the fixed penalty notice.

(xii)Guidance to the driver as to the legal consequences of a fixed penalty notice.

2.  Receipt for driving licence

Article 62(1)

(i)Whether the driving licence is full or provisional.

(ii)The driver number as shown on the licence.

(iii)The classes of vehicles which the driver is entitled to drive.

(iv)The expiry date of the license.

(v)The duration of the validity of the licence receipt.

(vi)The method of obtaining a new receipt on the expiry of an old receipt.

(vii)The name, rank and number of the constable issuing the fixed penalty notice.

3.  Receipt for driving licence

Article 62(2)

(i)The date of issue of receipt.

(ii)The code of the magistrates' court issuing receipt.

(iii)The name, address and date of birth of driver.

(iv)Whether the driving licence is full or provisional.

(v)The driver number as shown on the licence.

(vi)The classes of vehicles which the driver is entitled to drive.

(vii)The expiry date of the licence.

(viii)The duration of the validity of the licence receipt.

4.  Statement of liability

Article 71(2)

(i)The name, date of birth and address of hirer.

(ii)The duration of the hiring agreement.

5.  Registration certificate

Article 75(2)

(i)The serial number and date, time and place of issue of the notice to owner, notice to hirer or fixed penalty notice (as the case may be).

(ii)The vehicle registration number.

(iii)The driver number.

(iv)The date of birth of driver

(v)The amount of the appropriate fixed penalty.

(vi)The sum to be registered in default of payment of the fixed penalty.

6.  Notice requesting new statutory statement

Article 78(4)(b)

(i)The particulars of the statutory declaration.

(ii)The details of the alleged fixed penalty offence.

(iii)A request to furnish a statutory statement of ownership.

(iv)The period allowed for a response to the notice.

(v)The consequences of providing, or, as the case may be, not providing the statutory statement of ownership.

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