Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

41 Sections 37 to 40: supplementary. U.K.

(1) Where in the case of an offence under section 37 there is made against a person—

(a) an order under [F1 section 79 or 80 of the Sentencing Code] discharging him absolutely or conditionally,

[F2 (b) or an order under section 228 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 placing him on probation or under 246(2) or (3) of that Act discharging him absolutely, or]

(c) an order under the M1 Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 discharging him absolutely or conditionally or placing him on probation,

he is to be treated for the purposes of sections 38 to 40 as having been convicted.

(2) Section 38 has effect subject to the provisions (applying with the necessary modifications) of any enactment relating to the imposition of fines by magistrates’ courts and courts of summary jurisdiction, other than any conferring a discretion as to their amount.

(3) Where a sum is payable by virtue of an order under section 38—

(a) in England and Wales, the sum is to be treated as a fine, and the order as a conviction, for the purposes of Part III of the M2 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (including any enactment having effect as if contained in that Part) and of any other enactment relating to the recovery or application of sums ordered to be paid by magistrates’ courts,

(b) in Scotland, the sum is to be treated as a fine, and the order as a conviction, for the purposes of any enactment relating to the recovery or application of sums ordered to be paid by courts of summary jurisdiction, and

(c) in Northern Ireland, the sum is recoverable as a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction and is to be treated for all purposes as a fine within the meaning of section 20 of the M3 Administration of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 41(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 127 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F2 S. 41(1)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 90(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1950 c. 7 (N.I.).

M2 1980 c. 43.

M3 1954 c. 9 (N.I.).