http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/390/madeThe Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Designation of Districts) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000Road traffic offencesVehiclesGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2013-06-19ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLESMAGISTRATES' COURTS Articles 36 to 38 of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, give a court power to order that the period of disqualification imposed on a person convicted of a prescribed drink-drive offence is to be reduced if he completes a course approved by the Department of the Environment. Article 39 of the Offenders Order applies those provisions with modification during an experimental period. In particular, during the experimental period, orders can be made only by a court of summary jurisdiction acting for a designated district. 2000 No. 390 ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES MAGISTRATES' COURTS The Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Designation of Districts) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 Made 11th December 2000 To be laid before Parliament Coming into operation 31st December 2000 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 39(4) and (6) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:— Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Designation of Districts) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 31st December 2000. Designated districts 2 1 The petty sessions districts specified in the Schedule are designated for the purposes of Article 39 of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. 2 The period from the 31st December 2000 to the 31st December 2005 is hereby specified as the period for which the petty sessions districts mentioned in paragraph (1) are designated. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 11th December 2000 SCHEDULE Petty Sessions Districts
Name of Petty Sessions District
Londonderry
Limavady
North Antrim
Larne
Ballymena
Magherafelt
East Tyrone
Strabane
Omagh
Fermanagh
Craigavon
Armagh
Newry and Mourne
Banbridge
Down
Lisburn
Antrim
North Down
Ards
Castlereagh
Belfast and Newtownabbey
(This note is not part of the Order.)

Articles 36 to 38 of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, give a court power to order that the period of disqualification imposed on a person convicted of a prescribed drink-drive offence is to be reduced if he completes a course approved by the Department of the Environment. Article 39 of the Offenders Order applies those provisions with modification during an experimental period. In particular, during the experimental period, orders can be made only by a court of summary jurisdiction acting for a designated district.

This Order designates petty sessions districts specified in the Schedule for the purposes of Article 39 of the Offenders Order and specifies the period for which they are designated.

S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10)