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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, P is an existing defaulter if it is shown that—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the sum due or any other sum is registered for enforcement against him as a fine under—\n(i) section 71 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988,\n(ii) section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, or\n(iii) any other enactment specified in fines collection regulations,\n(c) he is in default on a collection order in respect of another sum falling within paragraph 1(1),\n(d) he is in default in payment of another sum falling within paragraph 1(1) but in respect of which no collection order has been made , or\n(e) the person is in default on a notice of conviction and penalty (within the meaning of section 16L of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980).\n(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, P’s existing default can be disregarded only if he shows that there was an adequate reason for it.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) is subject to sub-paragraph (4).\n(4) Where a sum is registered for enforcement against P as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b), P’s existing default is not one which can be disregarded for the purposes of the following provisions of this Schedule.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) “Collection order” means an order made under Part 4 of this Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(a) omitted (3.7.2006) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), arts. 1, 8(a)(i)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(c) substituted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(4), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)(a); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(e)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(d) substituted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(4), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)(b); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(e)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(e) and word inserted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(4), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)(c); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(5) omitted (3.7.2007) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order (S.I. 2006/1737), arts. 1, 8(b)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(6) omitted (3.7.2007) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order (S.I. 2006/1737), arts. 1, 8(c)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3 wholly in force at 5.4.2004; Sch. 5 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(1)(2); Sch. 5 para. 3 in force for certain purposes at 23.2.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(a); Sch. 5 para. 3 in force for certain further purposes at 29.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(b); Sch. 5 para. 3 in force for all purposes at 5.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(c)"
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