http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/23/section/20Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011An Act to make provision for the gating of certain minor roads; to make provision in relation to vehicles parked on roads that are exposed for sale or being repaired; to make provision in relation to abandoned vehicles and the removal and disposal of vehicles; to make provision in relation to litter and graffiti, fly-posting and the display of advertisements; to make provision relating to the control of dogs; to make provision in relation to noise; to restate the law on statutory nuisances and improve the summary procedures for dealing with them; to increase the maximum penalty in relation to certain pollution offences; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-02-06Expert Participation2015-04-01 PART 3 20After Article 14 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) insert—14A1This Article applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under Article 12C(2) or 14(8) in relation to a notice served by that council.2The authorised officer may give that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty to the district council.3Paragraphs (2) to (5) of Article 6 (fixed penalty notices), apply in relation to notices given under this Article as they apply in relation to notices given under that Article.4The amount of a fixed penalty payable to a district council under this Article is—athe amount specified by the council in relation to its district; orbif no amount is so specified, £100.5The district council to which a fixed penalty is payable under this Article may make provision for treating it as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by the council.6In any proceedings a certificate which—apurports to be signed by or on behalf of the clerk of the council, andbstates that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by the date specified in the certificate,is evidence of the facts stated.7In this Article—“authorised officer”, in relation to a district council, means an officer of the council who is authorised in writing by the council for the purposes of giving notices under this Article;“clerk of the council”, in relation to a district council, means the clerk appointed in accordance with section 41 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972..S. 20 in operation at 1.4.2012 by S.R. 2012/13, art. 2(2), Sch. 2