90 Transfer of fines to Scotland or Northern Ireland
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

90  Transfer of fines to Scotland or Northern Ireland

(1)     Where a magistrates' court has, or is treated by any enactment as having, adjudged a person by a conviction to pay a sum, and it appears to the court [(or where that sum is the subject of a collection order, it appears to the court or the fines officer as the case may be)] that he is residing—

(a)     within the jurisdiction of a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland, or

(b)     in any petty sessions district in Northern Ireland,

the court [(or the fines

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