Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 12 modified (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 183(4), 383 (as amended (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 23(2)(b)); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
C2Pt. 12 (ss. 142-305) modified (4.4.2005) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Sentencing) (Transitory Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/643), art. 3 (as amended (E.W.) (3.12.2012) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2824), regs. 1, 3(1) (with reg. 3(2)))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Pt. 12 Ch. 1: power to amend conferred (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 4(3), 153; S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(d)
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 161A, 161B and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 14(1), 59, 60 (with Sch. 12 para. 7); S.I. 2007/602, art. 2(a)
(1)A court when dealing with a person for one or more offences must also (subject to subsections (2) and (3)) order him to pay a surcharge.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply in such cases as may be prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State.
(3)Where a court dealing with an offender considers—
(a)that it would be appropriate to make a compensation order [F2or an unlawful profit order (or both)] , but
(b)that he has insufficient means to pay both the surcharge and appropriate compensation [F3or both the surcharge and an appropriate amount under the unlawful profit order (or the surcharge, appropriate compensation and an appropriate amount under the unlawful profit order)] ,
the court must reduce the surcharge accordingly (if necessary to nil).
(4)For the purposes of this section a court does not “deal with” a person if it—
(a)discharges him absolutely, or
(b)makes an order under the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of him.]
[F4(5)In this section “unlawful profit order” means an unlawful profit order under section 4 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 161A(3)(a) 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. 30(2)(a); S.I. 2013/2622, art. 2; S.I. 2013/2861, art. 2
F3Words in s. 161A(3)(b) 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. 30(2)(b); S.I. 2013/2622, art. 2; S.I. 2013/2861, art. 2
F4S. 161A(5) 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. 30(3); S.I. 2013/2622, art. 2; S.I. 2013/2861, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 161A(1) excluded (1.10.2012) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1696), arts. 1(1), 2
C5S. 161A(1) excluded (1.4.2007) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/707), art. 2
C6S. 161A(1) excluded (1.4.2007) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge)(No 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1079), {art. 3}