[F149R Corresponding provision in Scotland and Northern IrelandE+W+S
(1)This section applies where it appears to the Secretary of State that there is provision in Scotland or Northern Ireland under which a person may be dealt with in any way which corresponds (whether or not exactly) with a way in which a person may be dealt with under this group of sections.
(2)A decision in Scotland or Northern Ireland to deal with such a person in such a way is referred to in this section as a “corresponding decision”.
(3)If this section applies, the Secretary of State may make regulations providing for the effect to be given in England and Wales to a corresponding decision.
(4)That effect need not be the same as the effect of the decision in the place where it was made.
(5)The regulations may not provide for a corresponding decision to be reviewed or revoked in England and Wales.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 49R inserted (22.11.2001 for E. and 1.7.2002 for W.) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 25, 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2001/3738, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; S.I. 2002/1475, art. 2(1)