Payment of fixed penalty to councilN.I.
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12 For Article 37 of the Dogs Order (payment of fixed penalty to clerk of petty sessions) substitute—
“Payment of fixed penalty
37—(1) The fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under Article 36 is payable to the district council whose officer gave the notice.
(2) In any proceedings a certificate which—
(a)purports to be signed on behalf of the clerk of the council, and
(b)states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,
is evidence of the facts stated.
(3) In 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 (c. 9).”.