Sentencing Act 2020

PART 3 Fines etc: abolition of detention in default of payment

6 In section 119 (power of magistrates’ court to fine where only imprisonment etc specified), in subsection (4)—

(a) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the term of imprisonment to which the offender would be subject in default of payment of the fine must not be longer than the term of imprisonment to which the offender is liable on conviction of the offence.”;

(b) omit the words following paragraph (b).

7 In section 127 (remission of fines following determination under section 126), in subsection (3), omit “, or detention under section 108 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,”.

8 In section 129 (fine imposed on offender by Crown Court: duty to make term in default order)—

(a) in subsection (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “of imprisonment”;

(b) in subsection (4), omit “or detention under section 108 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000”;

(c) in subsection (5), in the opening words omit “or detained”;

(d) in subsection (6), in the words following paragraph (c), omit “or detention”.

9 In section 132 (enforcement of fines imposed on offenders by Crown Court), in subsection (3) omit “, or detention under section 108 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,”.

10 In section 382 (power to determine financial circumstances of offender’s parent or guardian), in subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “imprisonment”.