The Road Traffic (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 23^rd April 2012.

(2) In this Order—

“the AETR” means the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport of 1 July 1970, as amended, as applied by Article 2(3) of the EC Regulation(1);

“Authorised Weight Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(2);

“the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(3);

“the Construction and Use Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(4);

“the Drivers’ Hours Regulations” means the Vehicles (Drivers’ Hours of Duty) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(5);

“the EC Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6) as amended from time to time;

“fixed penalty offence” means an offence listed in Schedule 1; and

“graduated fixed penalty offence” means an offence listed in Schedule 2.

(1)

Cmnd 7401. Amendments are published in Cmnd 8572, Cmnd 9037, Cm 1776, Cm 3042 and Cm 3135. A consolidated version of the Agreement, including all amendments, is available from http://www.unece.org/trans/doc/2006/sc1/ECE-TRANS-SC1-2006-02e.pdf.

(2)

S.R. 1999 No. 258

(3)

S.R. 1996 No. 145

(4)

S.R. 1999 No. 454

(5)

S.R. 1991 No. 144

(6)

O.J. No. L102, 11.04.06, p. 1.