Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014

Amendment of Courts (No. 2) Act 1991

22. The Courts (No. 2) Act 1991 is amended by inserting the following section after section 1:

“Restriction of operation of section 1 and of section 23 of Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851

1A. The operation of section 1 of this Act, and of section 23 of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , in so far as they relate to any penal sum referred to therein, shall, from the commencement of section 7 of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014, be subject to the operation of the provisions of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014 in so far as those provisions relate to such penal sum, and such section 1 and such section 23 shall, with all necessary modifications, be construed accordingly.”.