Part 6International co-operation in relation to criminal justice matters
Recognition of financial penalties: requests from other member States
90Transfer of certificates to central authority for Scotland
1
This section applies where—
a
the competent authority or central authority of a member State other than the United Kingdom gives the Lord Chancellor—
i
a certificate requesting enforcement under the Framework Decision on financial penalties, and
ii
the decision, or a certified copy of the decision, requiring payment of the financial penalty to which the certificate relates, but
b
the Lord Chancellor is not required by section 84 or 87 to give the documents to a designated officer for a local justice area in England and Wales or to a clerk of petty sessions for a petty sessions district in Northern Ireland.
2
If the certificate states that the person is normally resident or has property or a source of income in Scotland, the Lord Chancellor must give the documents to the central authority for Scotland.