The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 — Northern Ireland law | Esheria

The Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

This provision sets out key definitions, commencement, record-access arrangements, and several court and prosecution rules for road traffic offences in Northern Ireland.

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Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Instrument
Order
Version
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Language
en
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compliance course approval course fees court orders court procedure disqualification driver licensing driver penalty points driving offences enforcement fixed penalties licensing penalty points programme administration vehicle enforcement vehicle hire vehicle records

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About this statute

This provision sets out key definitions, commencement, record-access arrangements, and several court and prosecution rules for road traffic offences in Northern Ireland. This provision lets courts and the Department manage approved courses tied to penalty-point orders, and it sets certificate, notice, approval, and guidance rules. This provision sets rules for when courts must consider custody, require disqualification until a driving test is passed, and when disqualification can be suspended, appealed, removed, or recorded. This provision sets out how notice-to-owner and fixed-penalty cases can be responded to, registered for enforcement, challenged by statutory declaration, and handled for hire vehicles and conditional offers. The Department must make refunds in certain cases, and a constable or vehicle examiner may prohibit driving if an immediate payment is not made. Driving in breach of the prohibition, causing it, or ignoring a removal direction is an offence.