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Section 140: Compensation order: order for payment by parent or guardian

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 7: Financial orders and orders relating to property — CHAPTER 2: Compensation orders

This section applies where—

a court makes or is proposing to make a compensation order in respect of an offence, and
the offender is aged under 18 when convicted.

Section 380 (order for payment by parent or guardian) applies to the amount to be paid under any such compensation order.

Subsection (4) applies for the purposes of any order made under section 380 against the offender's parent or guardian.

For the purposes of any order made under section 380 against a local authority, section 135(3) does not apply.

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