Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 2197

The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Issue of Summons) Regulations 2004

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2004 No. 2197

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Issue of Summons) Regulations 2004

	Made	24th August 2004
	Laid before Parliament	27th August 2004
	Coming into force	21st September 2004

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003[1], and having regard to the definition of "regulations" in paragraph 1 (2) of that Schedule, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.These Regulations may be cited as the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Issue of Summons) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 21^s^t September 2004.

2.A fines officer may, for the purpose of ensuring that P[2] attends the court to which an application has been made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) of paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003 (discharge of fines by unpaid work), issue a summons requiring P to appear before that court at the time and place appointed in the summons.

On authority of the Lord Chancellor

Filkin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

24th August 2004

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations enable a fines officer to issue a summons requiring a person subject to a work order made under Schedule 6 (discharge of fines by unpaid work) to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) to attend court, where an application has been made to either revoke or vary the work order.

Notes:

[1] 2003 c. 39.back

[2] "P" is defined in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003.back

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