2013 No. 6
Road Traffic And Vehicles
The Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made 15th January 2013
Coming into operation 18th February 2013

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 59(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10), Article 59 renumbered by Article 22 of S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)
In accordance with Article 91(1) of that Order the Department has consulted with such representative organisations as it thinks fit.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 18th February 2013.

2 Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order
Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 is amended as follows—
(a) omit item 2; and
(b) after item 9 insert—

“9A	A fixed penalty offence under section 1(6) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010	£200”

2010 c.2 (N.I.)
S.R. 2007 No. 319; Schedule 1 was substituted by Article 2(5) of S.R. 2011 No. 288
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 15th January 2013
Iain Greenway A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 as a consequence of the implementation of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (“the Goods Vehicles Act”) by omitting item 2 and re-introducing the fixed penalty offence as item 9A.
An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr