Part VIFinancial penalties and orders

Compensation orders

131 Limit on amount payable under compensation order of magistrates’ court.

1

The compensation to be paid under a compensation order made by a magistrates’ court in respect of any offence of which the court has convicted the offender shall not exceed £5,000.

2

The compensation or total compensation to be paid under a compensation order or compensation orders made by a magistrates’ court in respect of any offence or offences taken into consideration in determining sentence shall not exceed the difference (if any) between—

a

the amount or total amount which under subsection (1) above is the maximum for the offence or offences of which the offender has been convicted; and

b

the amount or total amounts (if any) which are in fact ordered to be paid in respect of that offence or those offences.