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SENTENCING ACT 1997 - SECT 45 Enforcement of Supreme Court fine

SENTENCING ACT 1997 - SECT 45

Enforcement of Supreme Court fine

(1)  If the Supreme Court orders an offender to pay a fine it must cause a sealed copy of the order to be sent to the Administrator of Magistrates Courts.
(2)  When the Administrator of Magistrates Courts receives the sealed copy of the order it is taken, for all purposes, to have been made by a court of petty sessions.
(3)  On receipt of the sealed copy of the order, the Administrator of Magistrates Courts is to –
(a) refer the order to the Director, Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service, appointed under section 8 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ; and
(b) notify that Director of the date that the order setting out the fine takes effect.