SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18Penalties suitable for enforcement in England and Wales or Northern Ireland

Person having property etc. in Northern Ireland and Scotland

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(1)

This paragraph applies if—

(a)

the certificate states that the person required to pay the financial penalty has property or a source of income in Northern Ireland,

(b)

the certificate also states that the person has property or a source of income in Scotland, and

(c)

the certificate does not state —

(i)

that the person has property or a source of income in England and Wales, or

(ii)

that the person is normally resident in the United Kingdom.

(2)

The financial penalty is suitable for enforcement in Northern Ireland unless sub-paragraph (3) applies.

(3)

This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)

the Lord Chancellor was given the certificate by the competent authority or central authority of another member State (and not by the central authority for Scotland), and

(b)

the Lord Chancellor thinks that it is more appropriate for the financial penalty to be enforced in Scotland than in Northern Ireland.