http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/article/91CRoad Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-05-19Expert Participation2025-04-01 PART VIIIINSURANCE AGAINST THIRD-PARTY LIABILITIES<Addition ChangeId="d29p63749" CommentaryRef="c20404321" Prospective="true">Fixed penalty notices</Addition>91C1Where on any occasion the Department has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under Article 91A, the Department may give the person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of a fixed penalty to the Department.2Where a person is given a notice under this Article in respect of an offence under Article 91A–ano proceedings may be instituted for that offence before the end of the period of 21 days following the date of the notice, andbhe may not be convicted of that offence if he pays the fixed penalty before the end of that period.3A notice under this Article must give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information of the offence.4A notice under this Article must also state–athe period during which, by virtue of paragraph (2), proceedings will not be taken for the offence,bthe amount of the fixed penalty, andcthe person to whom and the address at which the fixed penalty may be paid.5Without prejudice to payment by any other method, payment of the fixed penalty may be made by pre-paying and posting a letter containing the amount of the penalty to the person mentioned in paragraph (4)(c) at the address so mentioned.6Where a letter is sent in accordance with paragraph (5) payment is to be regarded as having been made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.7Regulations may make provision as to any matter incidental to the operation of this Article, and in particular–aas to the form of a notice under this Article,bas to the information to be provided in such a notice by virtue of this Article, andcas to any further information to be provided in a such notice.8The fixed penalty payable under this Article is, subject to paragraph (9), £100.9Regulations may substitute a different amount for the amount for the time being specified in paragraph (8).10Regulations may make provision for treating a fixed penalty payable under this Article as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a prescribed period.11In any proceedings a certificate which–apurports to be signed on behalf of the Department, andbstates that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,is evidence of the facts stated.Arts. 91A-91D inserted (prosp.) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3)(4), 25(1)