PART 4ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES
New offences
Speed assessment equipment detection devices54
1
In Article 55 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 18) (regulation of construction, weight, equipment and use of vehicles) in paragraph (2), at the end insert—
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speed assessment equipment detection devices, that is to say devices the purpose, or one of the purposes, of which is to detect, or interfere with the operation of, equipment used to assess the speed of motor vehicles.
2
After Article 57 of that Order (breach of requirement as to weight: goods and passenger vehicles) insert—
Breach of requirement as to speed assessment equipment detection devices57A
A person who—
a
contravenes or fails to comply with a construction or use requirement as to speed assessment equipment detection devices, or
b
uses on a road a motor vehicle or trailer which does not comply with such a requirement, or causes or permits a motor vehicle or trailer to be so used
is guilty of an offence.
3
In Article 58(a) of that Order (breach of other construction and use requirements), for “or 57(1)(a)” substitute “
, 57(1)(a) or 57A(a)
”
.
4
In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 10) (prosecution and punishment of offences under the Road Traffic Orders), after the entry relating to Article 57 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 insert—
Article 57A
Breach of requirement as to speed assessment equipment detection devices.
Summarily.
a
Level 4 on the standard scale if committed on a special road (within the meaning of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993).
b
Level 3 on the standard scale in any other case.
Discretionary.
Obligatory.
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