Amendments to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

51.  In section 91(1) (transfer of fines from Scotland or Northern Ireland)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) after “Wales, a magistrates' court” insert “(or a fines officer as the case may be)”;

(ii) after “this Act” insert “(or under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003 as the case may be)”; and

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) after “Court, a magistrates' court” insert “(or a fines officer as the case may be)”;

(ii) “this Act” insert “(or under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003 as the case may be)”; and

(iii) after “2000” insert “(or as if he were a fines officer acting in the same local justice area as that court as the case may be)”.

(1)

1980 c. 43; so far as relevant, in section 91, subsection (1) were amended by (NI) SI 1981/1675 and the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Schedule 8, paragraph 227.