[F1223GRequests from other member States: return of certificateS
(1)This section applies where—
(a)the certificate mentioned in section 223F is not signed, or its contents are not certified as accurate, by the competent authority, or central authority, of a member State (“the issuing State”) other than the United Kingdom; or
(b)it is immediately apparent from the terms of the certificate that the financial penalty to which the certificate relates is not one in respect of which a competent authority for Scotland would have jurisdiction.
(2)The request shall immediately be returned by the central authority for Scotland to the central authority, or the competent authority, of the issuing State and no enforcement action shall be carried out thereon in Scotland.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 223A-223T and cross-heading inserted (12.10.2009) by The Mutual Recognition of Criminal Financial Penalties in the European Union (Scotland) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/342), art. 3 (with art. 2)