Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

Payment of penalties into Consolidated Fund etcU.K.

12(1)Where pursuant to any provision made under section 93 or 95 an enforcement authority receives—U.K.

(a)a fixed monetary penalty or a variable monetary penalty, or

(b)any interest or other financial penalty for late payment of such a penalty,

the authority must pay it into the relevant Fund.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1) “the relevant Fund” means—

(a)in a case where the authority has functions only in relation to Wales, the Welsh Consolidated Fund;

(b)in a case where the authority has functions only in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Consolidated Fund;

(c)in a case where the authority has functions only in relation to Northern Ireland, the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland;

(d)in any other case, the Consolidated Fund.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 12 in force at 6.4.2011 by S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)