Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Exposing vehicles for sale on a road

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2.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if at any time—

(a)that person leaves 2 or more motor vehicles parked within 500 metres of each other on a road or roads where they are exposed or advertised for sale, or

(b)that person causes 2 or more motor vehicles to be so left.

(2) A person who proves to the satisfaction of the court that that person was not acting for the purposes of a business of selling motor vehicles shall not be convicted of an offence under subsection (1).

(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(4) In this section—

“motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 19);

“road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 2).