PART 3PROSECUTORIAL FINES
Non-payment of prosecutorial fine
23Registration certificates
1
This section and section 24 apply where by virtue of section 22 an enhanced sum may be registered under section 24 for enforcement against any person as a fine.
2
In this section and section 24—
a
that sum is referred to as a “sum payable in default”, and
b
the person against whom that sum may be so registered is referred to as the “defaulter”.
3
The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland—
a
may in respect of any sum payable in default issue a certificate (a “registration certificate”) stating that the sum is registrable under section 24 for enforcement against the defaulter as a fine; and
b
must cause any certificate so issued to be sent to the fines clerk.
4
A registration certificate must—
a
give particulars of the offence or offences to which the prosecutorial fine notice relates; and
b
state the name and last known address of the defaulter and the amount of the sum payable in default.