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Section 46: Criminal courts charge duty

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

Part 3: Procedure — CHAPTER 4: Criminal courts charge

In this section—

  • “court costs” means costs of providing the judiciary and the rest of the system of courts, but does not include defence or prosecution costs;

  • “relevant court costs” means court costs incurred in connection with— but does not include costs of providing the Supreme Court or judges of that Court;

    (a)criminal proceedings, or

    (b)proceedings for a relevant failure,

  • “relevant failure” means a failure to comply with—

    (a)a requirement of a community order, or

    (b)a community requirement of a suspended sentence order, ...

    (c)...

In this Code, “criminal courts charge order” means an order under subsection (1).

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