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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-220",
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  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/220",
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  "number": "220",
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  "text": "(1) Amend section 82 (restriction on power to impose imprisonment for default) as follows.\n(2) After subsection (4A) insert—\n“(4B) The cases in which the offender’s default may be regarded for the purposes of subsection (4)(b)(i) as being attributable to his wilful refusal or culpable neglect include any case in which—\n(a) he has refused, otherwise than on reasonable grounds, to consent to a work order proposed to be made under Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003 (discharge of fines by unpaid work), or\n(b) he has without reasonable excuse failed to comply with such an order.”\n(3) In subsection (5A), for “justices' chief executive for” substitute “ designated officer for ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/8/paragraph/220",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:53.122162+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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