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The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/2956 · Made 18 November 1992

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 18th November 1992

Laid before Parliament 30th November 1992

Coming into force 21st December 1992

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985f1, hereby makes the following Regulations:–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 23; there are amendments to section 20 not relevant to this instrument.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 21st December 1992.

2

In regulation 14 of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986f1, for paragraph (3) the following shall be substituted:–

“(3)

Section 18 of the Act shall apply to proceedings in a magistrates' court or the Crown Court–

(a)

for dealing with an offender under Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1B and Schedule 2, Part II, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991f2 (orders for conditional discharge, community service orders, probation orders etc);

(b)

under section 23(1) or 27 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973f3 for dealing with an offender in respect of a suspended sentence or for breach of a suspended sentence supervision order; or

(c)

under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982f4 for dealing with an offender in respect of a breach of an attendance centre order,

as if the offender had been tried in those proceedings for the offence for which the order was made or the sentence passed.”

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 18th November 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations update references in the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 to various enactments which have been superseded or modified by the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The enactments deal with proceedings to which section 18 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 is extended (power to award costs against an offender).