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(1)Schedule 5 contains provisions about the collection of fines.
(2)Schedule 6 contains provisions about the discharge of fines by means of unpaid work.
(3)Subsections (4) to (9) apply in relation to each of those Schedules.
(4)The Schedule is to have effect only in accordance with—
(a)subsections (5) and (6) (pilot schemes), or
(b)subsections (7) to (9) (power to make pilot schemes, or modified versions of pilot schemes, permanent after completion of pilots).
(5)The Lord Chancellor may by order provide that the Schedule is to have effect in relation to the local justice area or areas specified in the order for the period specified in the order.
(6)An order under subsection (5) may make provision modifying the Schedule, or any enactment in connection with the operation of the Schedule, in relation to the specified local justice area or areas and the specified period.
(7)The Lord Chancellor may, at the end of the relevant period, by order provide that the Schedule is to have effect—
(a)in all local justice areas, and
(b)indefinitely.
(8)“The relevant period” means—
(a)if one order has been made under subsection (5) in relation to the Schedule, the period specified in the order;
(b)if more than one order has been made under subsection (5) in relation to the Schedule, the period which, out of the periods so specified, ends at the latest date.
(9)An order under subsection (7) may make such amendments of—
(a)the Schedule, and
(b)any other enactments,
as appear to the Lord Chancellor appropriate in the light of the operation of the Schedule in accordance with the order made under subsection (5) (pilot schemes).
Commencement Information
I1S. 97 wholly in force; s. 97 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(1)(2); s. 97 in force for certain purposes at 23.2.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(a); s. 97 in force for certain further purposes at 29.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(b); s. 97 in force for certain further purposes at 5.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(c); s. 97 in force for certain further purposes at 1.5.2004 by S.I. 2004/1104, art. 3(c); s. 97 in force at 21.9.2004 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2004/2195, art. 2
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