Criminal Justice Act 1967

16 In section 72B (powers of magistrates' court under transfer of fine order from Scotland) there shall be added the following subsection :—

“(3) Where a transfer of fine order under section 44 of the [1954 c. 48.] Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 provides for the enforcement in a petty sessions area in England and Wales of a fine originally imposed by a court of assize or quarter sessions, a magistrates' court acting for that area shall have all the like functions under this Part of this Act, exercisable subject to the like restrictions, as if it were the magistrates' court by which payment of the fine fell to be enforced by virtue of section 44(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and as if any order made under the said Act of 1954 in respect of the fine before the making of the transfer of fine order had been made by that court.”