Section 81: Procedure on issue of certificate: England and Wales
548.This section requires that a certificate issued under section 80 is given to the Lord Chancellor, together with a certified copy of the decision imposing the penalty.
549.Subsection (3) requires the Lord Chancellor to forward the documents specified in subsection (2) to the central authority or the competent authority of the Member State in which it appears that the offender is normally resident, or has property or income.
550.Subsection (4), in accordance with the terms of the Council Framework Decision, precludes any further steps being taken to enforce the financial penalty in England and Wales once it has been sent to another Member State, except in circumstances prescribed by the Lord Chancellor by order (subject to the affirmative resolution procedure where primary legislation is amended or repealed, otherwise the negative resolution applies). This would allow the responsibility for enforcement to revert to the courts in England and Wales in certain circumstances where, for example, the other Member State is unable to enforce the financial penalty in full.
551.Subsection (5) corresponds to section 81(4) regarding corporate bodies.
