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Paragraph 6 RecoveryI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This paragraph applies if a person fails to pay the whole or part of a financial penalty before the end of the period within which the person is required to pay the penalty.

(2)

In England and Wales or Northern Ireland the unpaid amount is recoverable by the Secretary of State as if it were payable under an order of the county court.

(3)

In Scotland, the unpaid amount may be enforced in the same manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff of any sheriffdom.

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I1

Sch. para. 6 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 19(1)