The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2198

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004

Made

24th August 2004

Laid before Parliament

27th August 2004

Coming into force

21st September 2004

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 97(5) of the Courts Act 2003(1) hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 21^st September 2004.

2.  Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003 (Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work) is to have effect in relation to the petty sessions areas(2) specified in the Schedule to this Order for the period beginning on 21st September 2004 and ending on 31^st March 2005.

On authority of the Lord Chancellor

Filkin

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Constitutional Affairs

24th August 2004

SCHEDULE PILOT SCHEME AREAS

Petty Sessions Areas in Cambridgeshire:

• Peterborough

• Huntingdon

• Wisbeach

Petty Sessions Areas in South Yorkshire:

• Sheffield

• Barnsley

Petty Sessions Areas in Cheshire:

• Halton

• Warrington

Petty Sessions Areas in Cumbria:

• Kendal (South Lakeland)

• Barrow (Furness and District)

Petty Sessions Areas in Devon and Cornwall:

• South Devon

• Central Devon

• East Cornwall

• West Cornwall

Petty Sessions Areas in Gloucestershire:

• Gloucester

• Stroud

• Forest of Dean

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the petty sessions areas in which the provisions of Schedule 6 (Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work) to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) will be piloted. It also specifies the period of the pilot.

(1)

2003 c. 39.

(2)

In accordance with paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 9 to the Courts Act 2003, section 97 has effect as if any reference to a local justice area were a reference to a petty sessions area, pending the coming into force of section 8 of that Act.