The Fines Collection Regulations 2004

Standard powers of the court

12.  Any power that a magistrates' court would have had if P had not been subject to a collection order but had been liable to pay the sum due applies for the purposes of Schedule 5, that is where a case is referred to the court by the fines officer, or on an appeal to the court, under that Schedule, subject—

(a) in the case of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, to the modifications in regulation 4(e); and

(b) in the case of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, to the modifications in regulation 6 and to the following modifications—

(i) in section 83 (process for securing attendance of offender for the purposes of section 82), in subsection (2), after “a summons under this section” insert “or under regulation 11 of the Fines Collection Regulations 2004”;

(ii) in section 87A (fines imposed on companies), in subsection (1)(b), after “under section 76(1) above” insert “or the court or a fines officer has issued a warrant of distress under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003”.