PART 1Product security
CHAPTER 3Enforcement
Monetary penalties
I140Enforcement of penalty notices
1
In England and Wales, a penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of the High Court.
2
In Scotland, a penalty may be enforced in the same manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.
3
In Northern Ireland, a penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of the High Court.
4
Where action is taken under this section for the recovery of a penalty, the penalty—
a
in relation to England and Wales, is to be treated for the purposes of section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 (register of judgments and orders etc) as if it were a judgment entered in the High Court;
b
in relation to Northern Ireland, is to be treated for the purposes of Article 116 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6)) (register of judgments) as if it were a judgment in respect of which an application has been accepted under Article 22 or 23(1) of that Order.
5
In this section “penalty” means a penalty imposed by a penalty notice under section 36.