[F1223STreatment of compensation moniesS
(1)This section applies to those financial penalties mentioned in—
(a)section 223A(5)(a) and (c) of this Act; and
(b)Article 1(b)(ii) and (iv) of the Framework Decision on financial penalties.
(2)Payment of any sum under a financial penalty mentioned in subsection (1) shall be made by the central authority for Scotland or, as the case may be, by the competent authority for Scotland—
(a)to the victim; or
(b)in cases where the victim resides outwith Scotland, to the central authority of the member State, other than the United Kingdom, in which the victim of the offence to which the financial penalty relates resides.
(3)In this section “victim” has the same meaning as given in section 249(1A) of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 223A-223T and cross-heading inserted (12.10.2009) by The Mutual Recognition of Criminal Financial Penalties in the European Union (Scotland) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/342), art. 3 (with art. 2)