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Section 76.
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C1Sch. 4 applied (5.4.1993) by Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48, SIF 20), s. 40(7), (with s. 9(2)); S.I. 1992/2644, art.2
C2Sch. 4 excluded (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 22(1) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2 Sch.2
1E+WSubject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the periods set out in the second column of the following Table shall be the maximum periods applicable respectively to the amounts set out opposite thereto, being amounts due at the time the imprisonment [F1or detention] is imposed.
[F2An amount not exceeding £200] | [F2 7 days] |
[F2An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500] | [F214 days] |
[F2An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000] | [F228 days] |
[F2An amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500] | [F245 days] |
[F2An amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000] | [F23 months] |
[F3An amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000] | [6 months] |
An amount exceeding [F4£10,000] | 12 months |
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 59
F2Entries in Sch. 4 para. 1 substituted (1.10.1992) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 23(1), (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
F3Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33, SIF 39:1), ss. 60(1), 123(6), Sch.8 para. 16
F4Sum substituted by S.I. 1984/447, art. 2(2), Sch. 3
2(1)Where the amount due at the time imprisonment [F5or detention] is imposed is so much of a sum adjudged to be paid by a summary conviction as remains due after part payment, then, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the maximum period applicable to the amount shall be the period applicable to the whole sum reduced by such number of days as bears to the total number of days therein the same proportion as the part paid bears to the whole sum.E+W
(2)In calculating the reduction required under sub-paragraph (1) above any fraction of a day shall be left out of account and the maximum period shall not be reduced to less than [F6seven days].
Textual Amendments
F5Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 59
F6Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para.28; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
3E+WThe maximum period applicable to a sum of any amount enforceable as a civil debt shall be 6 weeks.
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