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(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the court fees set out in Part I of Schedule 6 to this Act, and no others, shall be chargeable by [F1justices’ chief executives]; and any enactment providing for the payment of any fees for the payment of which provision is made in the said Part I shall have effect accordingly.
(2)No fee shall be chargeable by a [F2justices’ chief executive] in respect of any matter specified in Part II of the said Schedule.
(3)Nothing in this section shall affect the fees chargeable in respect of the matters specified in Part III of the said Schedule.
(4)The [F3Lord Chancellor] may from time to time by order make such variations in Part I of the said Schedule as may seem to him proper.
(5)The power to make an order under subsection (4) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and a draft of any such statutory instrument shall be laid before Parliament.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 137(1) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 paras. 95, 114(2) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F2Words in s. 137(2) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22 s. 90, Sch. 13 paras. 95, 114(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F3Words in s. 137(4) substituted (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/709, art. 2(3), Sch. 1
F4S. 137(6) repealed (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(1), Sch. 15 Pt. V(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 137(1) excluded by Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 (c. 57, SIF 39:2), s. 4(6)
C2S. 137(4): functions of the Secretary of State transferred (1.4.1992) to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 1992/709, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
A magistrates’ court may on the ground of poverty or for other reasonable cause remit in whole or in part any fee payable in proceedings before the court.
A [F5justices’ chief executive] shall apply moneys received by him on account of a sum adjudged to be paid by a summary conviction as follows—
(a)in the first place in payment of any compensation adjudged by the conviction to be paid to any person;
(b)in the second place in payment of any costs so adjudged to be paid to the prosecutor; and
(c)the balance to the fund to which, or the person to whom, he is required to pay the sum by [F6section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997] or any other enactment relating to the sum.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in s. 139 substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90, Sch. 13 paras. 95, 115 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F6Words in s. 139(c) substituted (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(2), 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 19(4) (with Sch. 4 para. 27)
Subject to any enactment relating to customs or excise, anything other than money forfeited on a conviction by a magistrates’ court or the forfeiture of which may be enforced by a magistrates’ court shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the court may direct; and the proceeds shall be applied as if they were a fine imposed under the enactment on which the proceedings for the forfeiture are founded.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 140 excluded by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 80(12)
C4S. 140 excluded by Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54, SIF 96), s. 14(3C) (as substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 82)
C5S. 140 excluded (E.W.) by Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 4, SIF 39:2), s. 13(8), Sch. 4 para. 1(7)
C6S. 140 excluded (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 23(9), Sch. 4 para. 2(4); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
C7S. 140 excluded (25.7.2003) by The Advanced Television Services Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1901), reg. 8, Sch. para. 8(10)
S. 140 excluded (8.2.2007) by Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36), ss. 103, 126, Sch. 5 para. 6
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