The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 319

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

29th June 2007

Coming into operation

30th July 2007

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 59(a) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1).

In accordance with Article 91(1) of that Order the Department has consulted with such representative organisations as it thinks fit.

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 30th July 2007.

(2) This Order applies in relation to a fixed penalty offence alleged to have been committed on or after 30th July 2007.

Amount of fixed penalty

2.  The fixed penalty for an offence shown in column (1) of the Schedule shall be the amount shown opposite in column (2).

Revocation

3.  The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(2) is revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 29th June 2007.

Stanley Duncan

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1) Offence	(2) Fixed Penalty
In this Schedule a “fixed penalty offence” is an offence specified in the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997(7).
(a) A fixed penalty offence under Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(3);	£200.00
(b) A fixed penalty offence under Article 177 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(4);	£120.00
(c) Any other fixed penalty offence involving obligatory endorsement;	£60.00
(d) A fixed penalty offence under section 33(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(5);	£60.00
(e) A fixed penalty offence under Article 63 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(6);	£60.00
(f) Any other fixed penalty offence.	£30.00

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and replaces with amendments the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. The amendments—

(a) prescribe fixed penalties for the following offences involving obligatory endorsement—

(i) an offence under Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 for which the fixed penalty is £200.00,

(ii) an offence under Article 177 of that Order for which the fixed penalty is £120.00; and

(b) increase the fixed penalties from £30.00 to £60.00 for the following offences which do not involve obligatory endorsement—

(i) an offence under section 33(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, and

(ii) an offence under Article 63 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

The fixed penalty for all other offences involving obligatory endorsement remains at £60.00 and the fixed penalty for all other offences which do not involve obligatory endorsement remains at £30.00.

The Order comes into operation on 30th July 2007 and applies only to offences committed on or after that date.

(1)

S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10)

(2)

S.R. 2001 No. 3

(3)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 90 was amended by S.I. 1984/1986 (N.I. 15), S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1), S.R. 1994 No. 18 and S.R. 2000 No. 331

(4)

S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); Article 177 was amended by S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10) and S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2)

(5)

1994 c. 22

(6)

S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18); Article 63 was amended by S.I. 2004/1990 (N.I. 14)

(7)

S.R. 1997 No. 369 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 354 and S.R. 2007 No. 318