16.9(7)When the defendant does not appear in court at the time and place fixed for the trial or the submission hearing, as the case may be, the judge shall examine the copy of the violation ticket and, if the copy contains the certificate referred to in paragraph 16.3(1)(
j), the judge shall, subject to subsection (9), convict the defendant and impose a fine in the amount of the fixed penalty set out in the violation ticket.