SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Offences, penalties, enforcement and other matters

PART 3Enforcement and other matters

Enforcement of penalty decision8

1

This paragraph applies where a sum is payable to the enforcement authority as a penalty under these Regulations.

2

In England and Wales the penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of the county court in England and Wales.

3

In Scotland the 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.

4

In Northern Ireland the penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of a county court in Northern Ireland.

5

Where action is taken under this paragraph for the recovery of a sum payable as a penalty under these Regulations, the penalty is—

a

in relation to England and Wales, to be treated for the purposes of section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 (register of judgments and orders etc.) M1 as if it were a judgment entered in the county court;

b

in relation to Northern Ireland, to be treated for the purposes of Article 116 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (register of judgments) M2 as if it were a judgment in respect of which an application has been accepted under Article 22 or 23(1) of that Order.