The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Issue of Summons) Regulations 2004

Made24th August 2004

Laid before Parliament27th August 2004

Coming into force21st September 2004

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 20031, and having regard to the definition of “regulations” in paragraph 1 (2) of that Schedule, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Issue of Summons) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 21^st September 2004.

2

A fines officer may, for the purpose of ensuring that P2 attends the court to which an application has been made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) of paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003 (discharge of fines by unpaid work), issue a summons requiring P to appear before that court at the time and place appointed in the summons.

On authority of the Lord Chancellor

FilkinParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department for Constitutional Affairs24th August 2004

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations enable a fines officer to issue a summons requiring a person subject to a work order made under Schedule 6 (discharge of fines by unpaid work) to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) to attend court, where an application has been made to either revoke or vary the work order.