Courts Act 1971

12(1)All fees and similar payments which, having become due in a local court, had not been paid before the relevant date shall on and after that date become due to the appropriate local authority, and all sums which immediately before that date stood to the credit of, or were awaiting payment into, any account maintained by a local court for the receipt of fees and similar payments shall on that date vest in the appropriate local authority.

(2)All money due to the appropriate local authority by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be recoverable as if it were due to the authority under an order of the High Court.

(3)For the purposes of this paragraph " the appropriate local authority" means—

(a)in relation to the Tolzey Court or the Pie Poudre Court of the City and County of Bristol, the council of the county borough of Bristol;

(b)in relation to the Liverpool Court of Passage, the council of the county borough of Liverpool;

(c)in relation to the Norwich Guildhall Court, the council of the county borough of Norwich ; and

(d)in relation to the Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford, the council of the county borough of Manchester.