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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Fixed Penalty (Procedure) (Vehicle Examiners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 14th December 2010.
(2) In these Regulations “the Order” means the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
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These Regulations apply in cases where a fixed penalty notice is given by a vehicle examiner in accordance with Article 60 (notices on-the-spot etc.) of the Order.
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The documents described in column 1 of the Schedule (as referred to in the provisions of the Order specified in column 2 of the Schedule) shall contain the information, or, as the case may be, further information prescribed in column 3 of the Schedule.
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If payment of the fixed penalty is made by a person otherwise than as required by the fixed penalty notice, the Department shall return the remittance to that person.
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Where—
(a) the person to whom the fixed penalty notice was given holds a driving licence;
(b) the suspended enforcement period has expired;
(c) the fixed penalty has not been paid; and
(d) either that person has requested a hearing under Article 61(2) or no registration certificate has been issued under Article 75(2) of the Order,the Department shall, in the case of an endorsable offence, return the driving licence to that person.
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Where, in a case involving an endorsable offence, any sum is registered under Article 76 of the Order for enforcement against that person as a fine, the clerk of petty sessions for the court where the sum is registered shall notify the Department that the sum has been registered.
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Where a fixed penalty is paid within the suspended enforcement period the Department shall send a receipt for the payment, if requested, to the payer.
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For the purposes of Article 62(3)(a) of the Order, there is prescribed a period of two months beginning with the same date of issue.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 9th November 2010.
Deirdre Kenny
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

SCHEDULE
Regulation 3


Document Provisions of the Order Information or further information to be provided
1. Fixed Penalty Notice Article 58 
(i) the name of the vehicle examiner giving the notice;
(ii) the serial number of the fixed penalty notice;
(iii) whether the notice relates to an endorsable offence;
(iv) the name, date of birth and address of the person to whom the notice is given;
(v) the date, time and place of the alleged offence;
(vi) the details of the vehicle including the registration number;
(vii) the documents, if any, to be provided to the Department and the period within which they must be provided and the address to which they must be sent;
(viii) an explanation of the action to be taken by the driver where—
(a) the driver has not, or
(b) the driver has,surrendered the licence, if the driver holds such a licence;
(ix) the fact that the person to whom the notice is given may opt for a trial;
(x) the method of paying the fixed penalty; and
(xi) guidance to the driver as to the legal consequences of a fixed penalty notice.
2. Receipt for driving licence (if the offender holds a driving licence) Article 62 
(i) whether the driving licence is full or provisional;
(ii) the driver number as shown on the licence;
(iii) the groups of vehicles which the driver is entitled to drive;
(iv) the expiry date of the licence;
(v) the duration of the validity of the licence receipt;
(vi) the method of obtaining a new receipt on expiry of an old receipt; and
(vii) the name of the vehicle examiner issuing the fixed penalty notice.
3. Registration certificate Article 75 
(i) the serial number and date, time and place of issue of the fixed penalty notice;
(ii) the vehicle registration number;
(iii) the driver number (either as shown on the licence or as allocated by the Department);
(iv) the amount of the appropriate fixed penalty; and
(v) the sum to be registered in default of payment of the fixed penalty.