The Road Traffic Offenders (Additional Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule
Publication 2014-09-18
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
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Made: 18th September 2014

Coming into operation: 31st October 2014

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 23(3) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Offenders (Additional Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 31st October 2014.

Amendment of the Road Traffic Offenders Order

2

In Article 23(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (speeding offences etc: admissibility of certain evidence), after sub-paragraph (f)[^f00002] add—

(g) an offence under section 11(1) of the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013[^f00003] (offence of using or keeping heavy goods vehicle if levy not paid).

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 18th September 2014

Iain Greenway — A senior officer of the — Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends Article 23(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 to add the offence of using or keeping a heavy goods vehicle on a UK road without paying the levy to the offences to which that Article, which deals with the admissibility of certain evidence, applies.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division, Department of the Environment, Clarence Court,10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr

Footnotes

[^f00003]: 2013 c.7

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