Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23)

SCHEDULES

Valid from 17/06/2011

[F1 SCHEDULE A1 U.K. MONETARY PENALTY NOTICES IN RELATION TO CERTAIN UNLAWFUL INTERCEPTIONS

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (17.6.2011) by The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Monetary Penalty Notices and Consents for Interceptions) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1340), regs. 1(2), 2(4) {Sch.}

PART 1 U.K. MONETARY PENALTY NOTICES

Enforcement of notices U.K.

6 (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in relation to any penalty payable to the Commissioner by virtue of a monetary penalty notice. U.K.

(2) In England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the penalty is recoverable—

(a) if a county court so orders, as if it were payable under an order of that court,

(b) if the High Court so orders, as if it were payable under an order of that court.

(3) In Scotland, the penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff for any sheriffdom in Scotland.

(4) The person on whom a monetary penalty notice containing an enforcement obligation is served must comply with the obligation; and that duty is enforceable by civil proceedings by the Commissioner for an injunction, or for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988 M1 , or for any other appropriate relief.]

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c.36.