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FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 237).

FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) RÉGULATIONS 1971.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Fixed Penalty (Traffic Contraventions) Ordinance, the Governor jo Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Traffic Contraventions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1971.

2.

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations is amended by adding, after paragraph (2), the following new paragraphs-

"(3) If the fixed penalty is not paid within the period of time stated in the notice in Form 2 in the Schedule and a summons is issued for the recovery of the fixed penalty as a civil debi, liability under the summons shall be discharged and the defendant shall not be required to appear in court in answer to the summons if he pays, in accordance with paragraph (4), the fixed penalty and an additional sum of fifteen dollars as costs.

(4) Payment under paragraph (3) shall be made to the court from which the summons is issued personally or through an agent not later than seventy-two hours before the time specified in the summons for the appearance of the defendant and the summons shall be produced at the time of the payment.".

MA. Hammond.

Clerk of Councils.

Citation.

Amendment of regulation 3. (Cap. 217. kub. leg.)

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

12th October 1971.

Explanatory Note.

(This Nole is not part of the regulations, but la intended to indicate their general purpart).

Under the prlocipal regulations a person who is served with a notice in Form 3 may pay the fixed penalty of $30 within the time specified in the notice. If payment is not so made, the Ordinance provides that the fixed penalty may be recovered as a civil debt by proceedings in a magistrate's court