PART 3

Access to services etc
CHAPTER 1

Residential tenancies

Objections, appeals and enforcement

Enforcement
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1
This section applies where a sum is payable to the Secretary of State as a penalty under this Chapter.
2
In England and Wales the penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of the county court in England and Wales.
3
In Scotland the penalty may be enforced in the same manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.
4
In Northern Ireland the penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of a county court in Northern Ireland.
5
Where action is taken under this section for the recovery of a sum payable as a penalty under this Chapter, the penalty is—
a
in relation to England and Wales, to be treated for the purposes of section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 (register of judgments and orders etc) as if it were a judgment entered in the county court;
b
in relation to Northern Ireland, to be treated for the purposes of Article 116 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6)) (register of judgments) as if it were a judgment in respect of which an application has been accepted under Article 22 or 23(1) of that Order.
6
Money paid to the Secretary of State by way of a penalty must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
S. 31 in force at 1.12.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/2771, art. 6(1)(l)
S. 31 in force at 1.2.2016 for E. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2016/11, art. 2(l)