SCHEDULE 3Mutual recognition of financial penalties: amendments of Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

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Section 86 (modification of Magistrates' Courts Act 1980) is amended as follows.

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After subsection (2) insert—

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Where a transfer of fine order is made under section 90 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 as applied by section 85(6) of this Act—

a

subsections (6A) to (7) of section 88 of this Act apply in relation to the powers conferred by Article 96 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)) (transfer of fines to Northern Ireland) as a result of the order as they apply in relation to the powers conferred on a magistrates' court by virtue of section 88(6) of this Act, and

b

for this purpose—

i

references in those subsections to the financial penalty are to be treated as references to the financial penalty to which the order relates, and

ii

references in those subsections to the certificate are to be treated as references to the certificate by virtue of which the order is made.

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In the heading, at the end insert etc.