2008 No. 78
Road Traffic And Vehicles

The Penalty Charges (Additional Contravention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Regional Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 4(3) of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 20051.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as The Penalty Charges (Additional Contravention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 30th April 2008.

Amendment2.

In Schedule 1 to the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (contraventions subject to penalty charges) in the part entitled “Other offences” after the first paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“An offence under that Article of contravening in respect of a stationary vehicle a traffic sign indicating a prohibition on the use of vehicles under the following orders—

(a)

The Prohibition of Traffic (Royal Avenue and Rosemary Street, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 19902;

(b)

The Prohibition of Traffic (Dunluce Street, Larne) Order (Northern Ireland) 19923;

(c)

The Prohibition of Traffic (North Street, Carrickfergus) Order (Northern Ireland) 19934; and

(d)

The Prohibition of Traffic (Church Lane, Portadown) Order (Northern Ireland) 19995.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 29th February 2008.

(L.S.)
R Sherman
A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (“the 2005 Order”) by adding a further offence under Article 50 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 of contravening in respect of a stationary vehicle a traffic sign indicating a prohibition on the use of Royal Avenue and part of Rosemary Street, Belfast, Dunluce Street, Larne, North Street, Carrickfergus and Church Lane, Portadown.

This additional contravention is subject to a penalty charge as provided in Article 4(1) of the 2005 Order.