(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.