1975 c. 15

1994 NI 15

Words in art. 92A(1) substituted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 3(3), Sch. 2 para. 11; S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2-7)

1975 c. 21

1980 c. 43

Art. 92 modified (1.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 89(1)-(4), 153(4)(d); S.I. 2009/2606, art. 2(j)

Art. 92A applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), regs. 1, 8(7), 9, 15, 16-21, 24-26, Schs. 1-5

Art. 95 modified (1.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 89(1)(5), 153(4)(d) (as amended (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 89 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)); S.I. 2009/2606, art. 2(j)

Art. 95 applied (6.3.2015) by The Sea Fishing (Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/191), arts. 1(1), 3(4)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/part/IX/crossheading/sums-adjudged-to-be-paid-by-a-conviction/2016-01-31The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-11-08Expert Participation2016-01-31 PART IXSATISFACTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERSSums adjudged to be paid by a conviction
Payment of sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction91.(1)

Where a person has been adjudged to pay a sum by a conviction of a magistrates' court, the court may, subject to Article 93, order that person to pay that sum forthwith, allow time for payment or order payment by instalments.

(2)

The court shall consider any representations made by such person as to the time to be allowed under paragraph (1) but that time shall not be less than twenty-eight days commencing with the day on which the sum is adjudged to be paid.

(3)

Where the person ordered to pay the sum makes an application for permission to pay the sum by instalments the court shall allow such payment unless the court is satisfied that it would not be reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

(4)

The court may, on the application of the person ordered to pay the sum, allow further time for payment or vary an order for payment by instalments.

(5)

Subject to paragraph (7), the court may in determining an application under paragraph (4) remit the whole or any part of the sum if the court thinks it just to do so having regard to any change in the circumstances of that person since the conviction, and where the court remits part of the sum after a period of imprisonment has been imposed in default of payment, the court shall also reduce that period by an amount which bears the same proportion to that period as the amount remitted bears to that sum.

(6)

In calculating the reduction required under paragraph (5) any fraction of a day shall be left out of account.

(7)

In considering whether to remit under paragraph (5) the whole or any part of—

(a)

a sum to which section 143(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 applies; or

(b)

any compensation awarded to any person;

a magistrates' court shall take into account the representations (if any) made to it—

(i)

in the case of a sum mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), by the Department of Health and Social Services;

(ii)

in the case of any compensation, by the person to whom the compensation was awarded.

(8)

Where before the expiration of the time allowed or of the period during which payment by instalments is allowed the person ordered to pay the sum indicates that he prefers immediate committal to awaiting the expiration of the time allowed for payment of the sum or of the remaining instalments, a warrant may be issued committing him to prison forthwith.

Enforcing payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction92.(1)

Subject to this Article and Article 93, where default is made by a person in paying a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction or any instalment of or part of such sum the order of the court may be enforced by the issue of—

(a)

a warrant of distress for the purpose of levying so much of the sum as remains unpaid; or

(b)

a warrant committing that person to prison; or

(c)

a warrant committing him to prison in default of sufficient distress.

(2)

Where it appears on the return to a warrant of distress that the money and goods of the defaulter are insufficient to satisfy the sum together with the cost of levying the sum, the court may issue a warrant of commitment.

(3)

Where the court has issued a warrant of commitment in the first instance in default of payment of the sum and it is found impossible to execute the warrant, a warrant of distress may be issued.

(4)

Where a court has allowed payment of the sum by instalments and default is made in the payment of any one instalment, a warrant may be issued as if the default had been made in the payment of all the instalments then unpaid.

(5)

The period for which a person may be committed to prison under this Article in default of payment or levy of any sum or part of such sum shall not exceed the period specified in Schedule 3.

Fines imposed on companies92A.(1)

Where—

(a)

a magistrates' court has, or is treated by any statutory provision as having, adjudged a company by a conviction to pay a sum; and

(b)

the court has issued a warrant of distress under Article 92(1)(a) for the purpose of levying the sum; and

(c)

it appears on the return to the warrant that the money and goods of the company are insufficient to satisfy the sum with the costs and charges of levying the same,

the clerk of petty sessions may make an application in relation to the company underArticle 104 of, or paragraph 13 of Schedule B1 to, the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (winding up or administration).

Restrictions on power to order immediate committal in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction93.

A warrant committing a person to prison in respect of non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court shall not be issued at the time of his conviction unless—

(a)

he appears to the court to have sufficient means to pay the sum forthwith; or

(b)

on being asked by the court whether he wishes to have time for payment he does not ask for time; or

(c)

the court is satisfied that he has no fixed abode in Northern Ireland; or

(d)

there is some other special circumstance appearing to the court to justify immediate committal;

and if the court does issue a warrant of commitment, the court shall state in the warrant the reasons for not allowing the person committed time to pay.

Supervision of person under twenty-one until payment of sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction94.(1)

Where a person is allowed time for payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction or to pay such sum by instalments, the court may order that until the sum is paid he be placed under the supervision of such person as may be appointed by the court.

(2)

Before issuing a warrant to commit a person placed under supervision to prison in respect of non-payment of the sum the court shall consider any report as to his conduct and means which may be made by the person under whose supervision he has been placed.

Power to order transfer of fines95.(1)

Where a magistrates' court has, or is treated by any statutory provision as having, adjudged a person by a conviction to pay a sum and it appears to the court that he is residing—

(a)

in any petty sessions area in England and Wales, or

(b)

within the jurisdiction of a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland,

the court may order that payment of the sum shall be enforceable in that petty sessions area or, as the case may be, by that court of summary jurisdiction.

(2)

An order under this Article shall specify the petty sessions area in which or the court by which payment of the sum in question is to be enforceable; and if—

(a)

that sum is more than £100 or is a fine originally imposed by the Crown Court or the sheriff court, and

(b)

payment is to be enforceable in Scotland,

the court to be so specified shall be the sheriff court.

(3)

Where an order is made under this Article with respect to any sum, any functions under any statutory provision relating to that sum which, if no such order had been made, would have been exercisable by the court which made the order or by the clerk of that court shall cease to be so exercisable.

Transfer of fines elsewhere in United Kingdom96.(1)

Where a transfer of fine order under section 403 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 or section 90 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 provides that payment of a sum shall be enforceable in a petty sessions district in Northern Ireland, a court of summary jurisdiction acting for that district and the clerk of that court shall, subject to paragraph (2), have all the like functions under any statutory provision in respect of the sum (including power to make an order under Article 95) as if the sum were a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of that court and as if any order made under the said Act of 1975 or, as the case may be, 1980 in respect of the sum before the making of the transfer of fine order had been made by that court.

(2)

Where a transfer of fine order under section 403 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 or section 90 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 provides for the enforcement of a fine originally imposed by the Crown Court, the term of imprisonment which may be imposed under this Order shall be—

(a)

the term fixed in pursuance of section 31 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 by the Crown Court, or

(b)

a term which bears the same proportion to the term so fixed as the amount of the fine remaining due bears to the amount imposed by that court,

notwithstanding that the term exceeds the period applicable to the case under Schedule 3.

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<ref eId="c00667" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2005/1455/article/3/3">3(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00668" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2005/1455/schedule/2/paragraph/11">Sch. 2 para. 11</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00669" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/21">S.R. 2006/21</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00670" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/21/article/2">art. 2</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00671" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/22">S.R. 2006/22</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00672" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/22/article/2">arts. 2</ref>
-7)
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,
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;
<ref eId="c00652" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2606">S.I. 2009/2606</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00653" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2606/article/2/j">art. 2(j)</ref>
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,
<ref eId="c00657" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/245/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
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,
<ref eId="c00659" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/245/regulation/9">9</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00660" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/245/regulation/15">15</ref>
,
<rref eId="c00661" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/245/regulation/16" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/245/regulation/21" ukl:CitationRef="c00656">16-21</rref>
,
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,
<ref eId="c00676" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/section/89/1/5">ss. 89(1)(5)</ref>
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<ref eId="c00677" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/section/153/4/d">153(4)(d)</ref>
(as amended (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="c00678" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00679" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00680" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/15/5">15(5)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00681" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/18/paragraph/89">Sch. 18 para. 89</ref>
(with
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<ref eId="c00683" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977">S.I. 2010/977</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00684" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/977/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
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<ref eId="c00685" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2606">S.I. 2009/2606</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00686" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2606/article/2/j">art. 2(j)</ref>
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<p>
<ref eId="cnrgjleo2-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675/article/95">Art. 95</ref>
applied (6.3.2015) by
<ref eId="cnrgjleo2-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/191">The Sea Fishing (Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/191)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cnrgjleo2-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/191/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cnrgjleo2-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/191/article/3/4">3(4)</ref>
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<ukm:Year Value="1981"/>
<ukm:Number Value="1675"/>
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<ukm:Made Date="1981-11-24"/>
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<part eId="part-IX">
<num> PART IX</num>
<heading>SATISFACTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS</heading>
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<heading>
<i>Sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction</i>
</heading>
<article eId="article-91">
<heading>Payment of sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction</heading>
<num>91.</num>
<paragraph eId="article-91-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person has been adjudged to pay a sum by a conviction of a magistrates' court, the court may, subject to Article 93, order that person to pay that sum forthwith, allow time for payment or order payment by instalments.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The court shall consider any representations made by such person as to the time to be allowed under paragraph (1) but that time shall not be less than twenty-eight days commencing with the day on which the sum is adjudged to be paid.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Where the person ordered to pay the sum makes an application for permission to pay the sum by instalments the court shall allow such payment unless the court is satisfied that it would not be reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>The court may, on the application of the person ordered to pay the sum, allow further time for payment or vary an order for payment by instalments.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to paragraph (7), the court may in determining an application under paragraph (4) remit the whole or any part of the sum if the court thinks it just to do so having regard to any change in the circumstances of that person since the conviction, and where the court remits part of the sum after a period of imprisonment has been imposed in default of payment, the court shall also reduce that period by an amount which bears the same proportion to that period as the amount remitted bears to that sum.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>In calculating the reduction required under paragraph (5) any fraction of a day shall be left out of account.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<p>In considering whether to remit under paragraph (5) the whole or any part of—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-91-7-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>
a sum to which section 143(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975
<noteRef href="#c16970401" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
applies; or
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-91-7-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>any compensation awarded to any person;</p>
</content>
</level>
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<hcontainer name="wrapper2">
<intro>
<p>a magistrates' court shall take into account the representations (if any) made to it—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="article-91-7-i">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of a sum mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), by the Department of Health and Social Services;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="article-91-7-ii">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of any compensation, by the person to whom the compensation was awarded.</p>
</content>
</level>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-91-8">
<num>(8)</num>
<content>
<p>Where before the expiration of the time allowed or of the period during which payment by instalments is allowed the person ordered to pay the sum indicates that he prefers immediate committal to awaiting the expiration of the time allowed for payment of the sum or of the remaining instalments, a warrant may be issued committing him to prison forthwith.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-92">
<heading>Enforcing payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction</heading>
<num>92.</num>
<paragraph eId="article-92-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Subject to this Article and Article 93, where default is made by a person in paying a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction or any instalment of or part of such sum the order of the court may be enforced by the issue of—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-92-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>a warrant of distress for the purpose of levying so much of the sum as remains unpaid; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-92-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>a warrant committing that person to prison; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-92-1-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>a warrant committing him to prison in default of sufficient distress.</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-92-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Where it appears on the return to a warrant of distress that the money and goods of the defaulter are insufficient to satisfy the sum together with the cost of levying the sum, the court may issue a warrant of commitment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-92-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Where the court has issued a warrant of commitment in the first instance in default of payment of the sum and it is found impossible to execute the warrant, a warrant of distress may be issued.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-92-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>Where a court has allowed payment of the sum by instalments and default is made in the payment of any one instalment, a warrant may be issued as if the default had been made in the payment of all the instalments then unpaid.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-92-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>The period for which a person may be committed to prison under this Article in default of payment or levy of any sum or part of such sum shall not exceed the period specified in Schedule 3.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-92A">
<heading>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c20292491" class="commentary"/>
Fines imposed on companies
</ins>
</heading>
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">92A.</ins>
</num>
<paragraph eId="article-92A-1">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">(1)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">Where—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-92A-1-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">a magistrates' court has, or is treated by any statutory provision as having, adjudged a company by a conviction to pay a sum; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-92A-1-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">the court has issued a warrant of distress under Article 92(1)(a) for the purpose of levying the sum; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-92A-1-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">it appears on the return to the warrant that the money and goods of the company are insufficient to satisfy the sum with the costs and charges of levying the same,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">the clerk of petty sessions may make an application in relation to the company under</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p5618" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292421">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c20292421" class="commentary"/>
Article 104 of, or paragraph 13 of Schedule B1 to, the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (winding up or administration)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d29p5584" ukl:CommentaryRef="c20292491">.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-93">
<heading>Restrictions on power to order immediate committal in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction</heading>
<num>93.</num>
<intro>
<p>A warrant committing a person to prison in respect of non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court shall not be issued at the time of his conviction unless—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-93-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>he appears to the court to have sufficient means to pay the sum forthwith; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-93-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>on being asked by the court whether he wishes to have time for payment he does not ask for time; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-93-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the court is satisfied that he has no fixed abode in Northern Ireland; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-93-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>there is some other special circumstance appearing to the court to justify immediate committal;</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and if the court does issue a warrant of commitment, the court shall state in the warrant the reasons for not allowing the person committed time to pay.</p>
</wrapUp>
</article>
<article eId="article-94">
<heading>Supervision of person under twenty-one until payment of sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction</heading>
<num>94.</num>
<paragraph eId="article-94-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person is allowed time for payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction or to pay such sum by instalments, the court may order that until the sum is paid he be placed under the supervision of such person as may be appointed by the court.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-94-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Before issuing a warrant to commit a person placed under supervision to prison in respect of non-payment of the sum the court shall consider any report as to his conduct and means which may be made by the person under whose supervision he has been placed.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-95">
<heading>Power to order transfer of fines</heading>
<num>95.</num>
<paragraph eId="article-95-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a magistrates' court has, or is treated by any statutory provision as having, adjudged a person by a conviction to pay a sum and it appears to the court that he is residing—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-95-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in any petty sessions area in England and Wales, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-95-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>within the jurisdiction of a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court may order that payment of the sum shall be enforceable in that petty sessions area or, as the case may be, by that court of summary jurisdiction.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-95-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>An order under this Article shall specify the petty sessions area in which or the court by which payment of the sum in question is to be enforceable; and if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-95-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>that sum is more than £100 or is a fine originally imposed by the Crown Court or the sheriff court, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-95-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>payment is to be enforceable in Scotland,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>the court to be so specified shall be the sheriff court.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-95-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Where an order is made under this Article with respect to any sum, any functions under any statutory provision relating to that sum which, if no such order had been made, would have been exercisable by the court which made the order or by the clerk of that court shall cease to be so exercisable.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-96">
<heading>Transfer of fines elsewhere in United Kingdom</heading>
<num>96.</num>
<paragraph eId="article-96-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
Where a transfer of fine order under section 403 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975
<noteRef href="#c16970421" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
or section 90 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
<noteRef href="#c16970431" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
provides that payment of a sum shall be enforceable in a petty sessions district in Northern Ireland, a court of summary jurisdiction acting for that district and the clerk of that court shall, subject to paragraph (2), have all the like functions under any statutory provision in respect of the sum (including power to make an order under Article 95) as if the sum were a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of that court and as if any order made under the said Act of 1975 or, as the case may be, 1980 in respect of the sum before the making of the transfer of fine order had been made by that court.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-96-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a transfer of fine order under section 403 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 or section 90 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 provides for the enforcement of a fine originally imposed by the Crown Court, the term of imprisonment which may be imposed under this Order shall be—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="article-96-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the term fixed in pursuance of section 31 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 by the Crown Court, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="article-96-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>a term which bears the same proportion to the term so fixed as the amount of the fine remaining due bears to the amount imposed by that court,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>notwithstanding that the term exceeds the period applicable to the case under Schedule 3.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
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