NORTHERN IRELAND DRIVING OFFENCE

Commercial Vehicle Overloading in Northern Ireland

DVA enforcement officers can issue graduated fixed penalties for overweight and overloaded vehicles in Northern Ireland.

GRADUATED PENALTY

£30 to £200

NI Direct states that fixed penalties for overweight vehicles are graduated from £30 to £200 depending on seriousness.

DVA

Roadside enforcement

DVA enforcement officers can offer these penalties as an alternative to court prosecution in appropriate cases.

POINTS

Overweight examples are non-endorsable

NI guidance gives excess weight as an example of a non-endorsable graduated fixed penalty.

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Independent Northern Ireland guidance. PureCar is not PSNI, DVA, the courts or nidirect. Individual cases can differ.
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