Part 6: Cautions Section 112: Enforcement of financial penalties: registration
Section 112 provides the framework for the registration process for enforcing financial penalties as part of the community caution regime. It enables the chief officer of police to issue a certificate in respect of monies outstanding and registerable under section 112(7). Subsection (1)(a)-(c) states that the registration certificate should contain the particulars of the financial penalty, the outstanding amount, confirm that the amount is registerable for enforcement against the offender as a fine, and the last known address of the offender. Subsection (2) requires this certificate to be sent to the designated officer for the local justice area in which the offender appears to reside.
	Subsection (3) places duties on the designated officer on receipt of a registration certificate. They must (a) register the amount for enforcements as a fine in the register of a magistrates’ court acting for that area or (b) cause the certificate to be sent to the designated officer for the local justice area in which the offender resides if the offender does not live in their area.
	Subsection (4) states that the designated officer registering the outstanding amount for enforcement as a fine must give the offender notice of the registration, specify the amount registered and provide the other details set out in the registration certificate. Under subsection (5), any enactment referring to a fine or other sum to be paid following conviction by a magistrates’ court applies in the same way to an amount registered under this section.