The Penalty Charges (Exemption from Criminal Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made: 17th May 2010

Coming into operation: 1st July 2010

The Department for Regional Development in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 4(7) of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005[^f00001] makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Penalty Charges (Exemption from Criminal Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2010.

Amendment

2

In regulation 2(1) of the Penalty Charges (Exemption from Criminal Proceedings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00002] for sub paragraph (e) substitute—

(e) an offence under Article 27A(2) of the 1997 Order[^f00003] (contravention of a taxi regulation order)

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 17th May 2010

D J Millar — A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations further amend the Penalty Charges (Exemption from Criminal Proceedings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 by substituting a new offence provision relating to taxi stands. The new provision is an offence under Article 27A(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “prescribed”

[^f00002]: S.R. 2006 No. 376 as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 432

[^f00003]: Article 27A was inserted by Article 21(1) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4)