The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 773

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made

8th March 2007

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2007

Coming into force

30th March 2007

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 97(5) of the Courts Act 2003(1):

1.  This Order may be cited as the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 30th March 2007.

2.  The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in article 2 for the words “31st March 2007”, substitute “31st March 2008”; and

(b) in the Schedule, after the entries relating to the local justice areas(3) in Gloucestershire of Gloucester, Stroud and Forest of Dean, insert—

“Local Justice Areas in South Wales:

Cardiff

Cynon Valley

Merthyr Tydfil

Miskin

Neath Port Talbot

Newcastle and Ogmore

Swansea County

Vale of Glamorgan”.

On the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Harriet Harman

Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State

Department of Constitutional Affairs

8th March 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2198) (“the 2004 Order”) which specifies the local justice areas in which the provisions of Schedule 6 (Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work) to the Courts Act 2003 (c.39) are to be piloted and the period of the pilot. This Order extends the period of the pilot schemes provided for in the 2004 Order for a further year ending 31st March 2008. It also adds the following local justice areas in South Wales to the pilot: Cardiff, Cynon Valley, Merthyr Tydfil, Miskin, Neath Port Talbot, Newcastle and Ogmore, Swansea County and the Vale of Glamorgan.

(1)

2003 c.39.

(2)

S.I. 2004/2198, relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2005/563, S.I. 2005/617 and S.I. 2006/502.

(3)

References in the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004 to “petty sessions areas” were substituted by “local justice areas” by S.I. 2005/617, which was made under section 109(4)(a), (5)(b) and (6) of the Courts Act 2003.