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Part IE+W Cases where Payment Enforceable as on Summary Conviction

Costs awarded by magistratesE+W

1E+WWhere a magistrates’ court, on the summary trial of an information, makes an order as to costs to be paid by the accused to the prosecutor.

[F11AE+WWhere a magistrates’ court makes an order as to costs to be paid by the accused in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.]

2E+WWhere an appellant to [F2the Crown Court]against conviction or sentence by a magistrates’ court abandons his appeal and the magistrates’ court orders him to pay costs to the other party to the appeal.

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Costs awarded by assizes and quarter sessionsE+W

3E+WWhere a person appeals to [F3the Crown Court]against conviction or sentence by a magistrates’ court, and [F3the Crown Court]makes an order as to costs to be paid by him.

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4E+WWhere a person is prosecuted or tried on indictment . . . F4before [F5the Crown Court]and is convicted, and the court [F6makes an order as to costs to be paid by him].

[F74AE+WWhere the Crown Court makes an order as to costs to be paid by the accused in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.]

5E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F8Sch. 9 para. 5 repealed by Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 (c. 14), Sch. 2

Costs awarded by Court of Appeal (criminal division) or House of LordsE+W

[F96E+WWhere the criminal division of the Court of Appeal makes an order as to costs to be paid by—

(a)an appellant;

(b)an applicant for leave to appeal to that court; or

(c)in the case of an application for leave to appeal to the [F10Supreme Court], an applicant who was the appellant before the criminal division.]

Textual Amendments

F9Sch. 9 para. 6 substituted for Sch. 9 paras.6, 7 by Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23, SIF 39:1), s. 31(5), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 7(5)

F10Words in Sch. 9 para. 6(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 22; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

8E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

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F11Sch. 9 paras. 8, 21 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23, SIF 37), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

Miscellaneous orders for costs, compensation, damages etc.E+W

[F129E+WWhere a court makes an order by virtue of [F13regulations made under section 19(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985] for the payment of costs by an offender.]

[F149AE+WWhere a court orders the payment of a charge in respect of relevant court costs under [F15section 46 of the Sentencing Code].]

[F1610E+WWhere under [F17Chapter 2 of Part 7 of the Sentencing Code] a court orders the payment of compensation.]

Textual Amendments

F16Sch. 9 para. 10 substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 43(1)(2)

12E+WWhere under [F18section 380 of the Sentencing Code] a court orders any fine, . . . F19 compensation or costs, or any sum awarded by way of satisfaction or compensation to be paid by the parent or guardian of a child or young person.

[F20[F2112A]E+WWhere under [F22section 42 of the Sentencing Code] a court orders the payment of a surcharge.]

Textual Amendments

F20Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 13 inserted after para. 12 (1.4.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 14(3), 60 (with Sch. 12 para. 7); S.I. 2007/602, art. 2(a)

F21Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 13 renumbered as Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 12A (13.4.2015) by 2015 c. 2, s. 54(2)(b); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 44

[F23[F2412B]E+WWhere under section 4 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 a court makes an unlawful profit order.]

Textual Amendments

F23Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 13A inserted (15.10.2013 for E., 5.11.2013 for W.) by Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (c. 3), s. 12, Sch. para. 3; S.I. 2013/2622, art. 2; S.I. 2013/2861, art. 2

F24Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 12B: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 13A renumbered as Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 12B (13.4.2015) by 2015 c. 2, s. 54(2)(c); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 44

[F2512CE+WWhere under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 a court makes a slavery and trafficking reparation order.]

Textual Amendments

F25Sch. 9 para. 12C inserted (17.3.2016) by Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30), s. 61(3), Sch. 5 para. 11(3) (as amended by S.I. 2016/244, regs. 1(1), 25(b)(ii)); S.I. 2016/243, reg. 2(a)

[F26 Where under section 5 of the Isle of Wight County Council Act M1 1971 a court adjudges a person to pay a sum of money in respect of extra expenses incurred by reason of the holding of an assembly or breach of a term or condition imposed under that section. ]

Textual Amendments

F26Sch. 9 Pt.I new paragraph inserted by Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 (c. lxxi), s. 5(9)(e) (as amended by and set out in Isle of Wight Act 1990 (c. iv), s. 5, Sch.) for the purposes of s.41

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