Legislation – Sentencing Act 2020

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Introduction

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE A1 Offences where terrorist connection not required to be considered

SCHEDULE 1 Offences committed before the commencement of section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021
where terrorist connection to be considered

SCHEDULE 2 Order for conditional discharge: commission of further offence

SCHEDULE 3 Youth offender contract: programme of behaviour

SCHEDULE 4 Referral order: further court proceedings

SCHEDULE 5 Breach, revocation and amendment of reparation order

SCHEDULE 6 Youth rehabilitation orders: requirements

SCHEDULE 7 Breach, revocation or amendment of youth rehabilitation order

SCHEDULE 8 Transfer of youth rehabilitation orders to Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 9 Community orders and suspended sentence orders: requirements

SCHEDULE 10 Breach, revocation or amendment of community order

SCHEDULE 11 Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 12 Detention and training order: breach of supervision requirements and further offences

SCHEDULE 13 Special sentence for offenders of particular concern: offences

SCHEDULE 14 Extended sentences: the earlier offence condition: offences

SCHEDULE 15 Life sentence for second offence: listed offences

SCHEDULE 16 Breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction

SCHEDULE 17 Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 17A Serious terrorism offences

SCHEDULE 18 Specified offences for purposes of section 306

SCHEDULE 19 Schedule 19 offences

SCHEDULE 20 Detention under section 250 and minimum sentences: firearms offences

SCHEDULE 21 Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence for murder etc

SCHEDULE 22 Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation

SCHEDULE 23 Powers to amend the Sentencing Code

SCHEDULE 24 Consequential amendments

SCHEDULE 25 Amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006

SCHEDULE 26 Further amendments of the Armed Forces Act 2006

SCHEDULE 27 Transitional provisions and savings

SCHEDULE 28 Repeals and revocations

SCHEDULE 29 Repeals and revocations for England and Wales

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SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally

PART 3Procedure

CHAPTER 4Criminal courts charge

50Power of magistrates’ court to remit criminal courts charge

(1)

This section applies where a court has made a criminal courts charge order against a person.

(2)

A magistrates’ court may remit the whole or part of the criminal courts charge, but this is subject to subsections (3) to (5).

(3)

It may remit the charge only if—

(a)

it is satisfied that the person has taken all reasonable steps to pay it, having regard to the person’s personal circumstances, or

(b)

it is satisfied that collection and enforcement of the charge is impracticable.

(4)

It may not remit the charge at a time when the person is detained in prison.

(5)

It may not remit the charge unless each of the following has expired—

(a)

a specified period beginning with the day on which a criminal courts charge order was last made in respect of the person;

(b)

a specified period beginning with the day on which the person was last convicted of an offence;

(c)

where relevant, a specified period beginning with the day on which the person was last released from prison.

(6)

Where a court remits a criminal courts charge after an order has been made under section 300(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (power to impose unpaid work requirement etc on fine defaulter) for default in paying the charge (or the charge and other amounts), the court must—

(a)

reduce the total number of hours or days to which the order relates by the same proportion as the amount remitted bears to the total amount in respect of which the order was made, or

(b)

if the total number of hours or days would be reduced to nil under paragraph (a), revoke the order.

(7)

In calculating a reduction required by subsection (6), any fraction of an hour or day is to be rounded down to the nearest hour or day.

(8)

In this section—

“criminal courts charge” means the charge ordered to be paid by a criminal courts charge order;

“prison” includes any place where a person serving a sentence of detention for an offence is liable to be detained;

“specified period” means a period of a length specified by the Lord Chancellor by regulations.