A new National Enforcement Service (NES) will be piloted for a year from April in north-west England, before being extended to other parts of the UK.
Some 4,000 NES enforcement officers will be given new powers to search and arrest the "hardcore" of people who refuse to pay court fines.
The service will also crack down on those who skip bail and fail to turn up at court, said the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA).
In January the DCA announced plans to dock pay and benefits, or clamp the cars, of those who refused to pay court fines.
Ed: How does an individual become a "hardcore" fine refuser? One fine, two fines? Why do we need another quasi-police force? What are the official-police doing about people with multi-fines? If the officials can't find them how will the quasi manage it? Still it's comforting to know that there are yet more people in uniform. Perhaps there will soon be one for ordinary people.
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