SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Supply of information: enforcement

PART 1Failure to comply with a notice

I15Enforcement of penalty

1

This paragraph applies where a sum is payable to the ICRIR as a penalty under this Part of this Schedule.

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 this Part of this Schedule, 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) 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 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6)) (register of judgments) as if it were a judgment in respect of which an application has been accepted under Article 22 or 23(1) of that Order.

6

The ICRIR must pay into the Consolidated Fund any penalty paid or recovered under this Part of this Schedule.