Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

139 Disposal of sums adjudged to be paid by conviction.E+W

[F1The designated officer for a magistrates' court] shall apply moneys received by him on account of a sum adjudged to be paid by a summary conviction as follows—

(a)in the first place in payment of any compensation adjudged by the conviction to be paid to any person;

[F2(aa)in the second place in payment to the fund mentioned in paragraph (c) below of surcharges imposed under [F3section 42 of the Sentencing Code];]

(b)in the [F4third] place in payment of any costs so adjudged to be paid to the prosecutor; and

(c)the balance to the fund to which, or the person to whom, he is required to pay the sum by [F5section 38 of the Courts Act 2003] or any other enactment relating to the sum.