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(1)At the end of subsection (1) of section 35 of the M1Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 there shall be added the words “or to make payments for funeral expenses or bereavement in respect of a death resulting from any such offence, other than a death due to an accident arising out of the presence of a motor vehicle on a road; and a court shall give reasons, on passing sentence, if it does not make such an order in a case where this section empowers it to do so.
(2)The following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (3) of that section—
“(3)A compensation order may only be made in respect of injury, loss or damage (other than loss suffered by a person’s dependants in consequence of his death) which was due to an accident arising out of the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, if—
(a)it is in respect of damage which is treated by subsection (2) above as resulting from an offence under the Theft Act l968; or
(b)it is in respect of injury, loss or damage as respects which—
(i)the offender is uninsured in relation to the use of the vehicle; and
(ii)compensation is not payable under any arrangements to which the Secretary of State is a party;
and, where a compensation order is made in respect of injury, loss or damage due to such an accident, the amount to be paid may include an amount representing the whole or part of any loss of or reduction in preferential rates of insurance attributable to the accident.
(3A)A vehicle the use of which is exempted from insurance by section 144 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 is not uninsured for the purposes of subsection (3) above.
(3B)A compensation order in respect of funeral expenses may be made for the benefit of anyone who incurred the expenses.
(3C)A compensation order in respect of bereavement may only be made for the benefit of a person for whose benefit a claim for damages for bereavement could be made under section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.
(3D)The amount of compensation in respect of bereavement shall not exceed the amount for the time being specified in section 1A(3) of the Fatal Accidents Act l976.”.
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The following sections shall be substituted for sections 36 to 38 of the M2Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973—
(1)A person in whose favour a compensation order is made shall not be entitled to receive the amount due to him until (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) there is no further possibility of an appeal on which the order could be varied or set aside.
(2)Rules under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 may make provision regarding the way in which the magistrates’ court for the time being having functions (by virtue of section 41(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1970) in relation to the enforcement of a compensation order is to deal with money paid in satisfaction of the order where the entitlement of the person in whose favour it was made is suspended.
(3)The Court of Appeal may by order annul or vary any compensation order made by the court of trial, although the conviction is not quashed; and the order, if annulled, shall not take effect and, if varied, shall take effect as varied.
(4)Where the House of Lords restores a conviction, it may make any compensation order which the court of trial could have made.
(5)Where a compensation order has been made against any person in respect of an offence taken into consideration in determining his sentence—
(a)the order shall cease to have effect if he successfully appeals against his conviction of the offence or, if more than one, all the offences, of which he was convicted in the proceedings in which the order was made;
(b)he may appeal against the order as if it were part of the sentence imposed in respect of the offence or, if more than one, any of the offences, of which he was so convicted.
At any time before the person against whom a compensation order has been made has paid into court the whole of the compensation which the order requires him to pay, but at a time when (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) there is no further possibility of an appeal on which the order could be varied or set aside, the magistrates’ court for the time being having functions in relation to the enforcement of the order may, on the application of the person against whom it was made, discharge the order, or reduce the amount which remains to be paid, if it appears to the court—
(a)that the injury, loss or damage in respect of which the order was made has been held in civil proceedings to be less than it was taken to be for the purposes of the order; or
(b)in the case of an order in respect of the loss of any property, that the property has been recovered by the person in whose favour the order was made; or
(c)that the means of the person against whom the order was made are insufficient to satisfy in full both the order and a confiscation order under Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 made against him in the same proceedings; or
(d)that the person against whom the order was made has suffered a substantial reduction in his means which was unexpected at the time when the compensation order was made, and that his means seem unlikely to increase for a considerable period;
but where the order was made by the Crown Court, a magistrates’ court shall not exercise any power conferred by this section in a case where it is satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d) above unless it has first obtained the consent of the Crown Court.
(1)This section shall have effect where a compensation order has been made in favour of any person in respect of any injury, loss or damage and a claim by him in civil proceedings for damages in respect of the injury, loss or damage subsequently falls to be determined.
(2)The damages in the civil proceedings shall be assessed without regard to the order; but the plaintiff may only recover an amount equal to the aggregate of the following—
(a)any amount by which they exceed the compensation; and
(b)a sum equal to any portion of the compensation which he fails to recover,
and may not enforce the judgment, so far as it relates to a sum such as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above, without the leave of the court.”
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The following subsections shall be substituted for section 41(8) of the M3Administration of Justice Act 1970—
“(8)Subject to subsection (8A) below, where in thecase specified in paragraph 10 of Schedule 9 to this Act the Crown Court thinks that the period for which the person subject to the order is liable apart from this subsection to be committed to prison for default under the order is insufficient, it may specify a longer period for that purpose; and then, in the case of default—
(a)the specified period shall be substituted as the maximum for which the person may be imprisoned under section 76 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980; and
(b)paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to that Act shall apply, with any necessary modifications, for the reduction of the specified period where, at the time of the person’s imprisonment, he has made part payment under the order.
(8A)The Crown Court may not specify under subsection (8) above a period of imprisonment longer than that which it could order a person to undergo on imposing on him a fine equal in amount to the sum required to be paid by the order.”.
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(1)The following section shall be inserted after section 43 of the M4Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973—
(1)Where a court makes an order under section 43 above in a case where—
(a)the offender has been convicted of an offence which has resulted in a person suffering personal injury, loss or damage; or
(b)any such offence is taken into consideration by the court in determining sentence,
the court may also make an order that any proceeds which arise from the disposal of the property and which do not exceed a sum specified by the court shall be paid to that person.
(2)The court may only make an order under this section if it is satisfied that but for the inadequacy of the means of the offender it would have made a compensation order under which the offender would have been required to pay compensation of an amount not less than the specified amount.
(3)An order under this section has no effect—
(a)before the end of the period specified in section 43(4)(a) above; or
(b)if a successful application under section 1(1) of the Police (Property) Act 1897 has been made.”.
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F1Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F2Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F3Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F4Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F5Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F6Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F7Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F8Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F9Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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F10Ss. 108-117 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 12(1)(7),Sch.
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