This section applies where a court has made a criminal courts charge order against a person.
A magistrates' court may remit the whole or part of the criminal courts charge, but this is subject to subsections (3) to (5).
It may remit the charge only if—
It may not remit the charge at a time when the person is detained in prison.
It may not remit the charge unless each of the following has expired—
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—
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.
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.