The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006

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.