{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-courts-act-2015/section-56",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-courts-act-2015",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Variation of collection orders etc",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003 (collection of fines and other sums imposed on conviction) is amended as follows.\n(2) For paragraph 21 (application of Part 6: variation of collection orders containing payment terms) substitute—\n“\n21 This Part applies if—\n(a) the court has made a collection order, and\n(b) the order contains payment terms but does not contain reserve terms.”\n(3) In paragraph 22 (variation of collection order)—\n(a) omit sub-paragraph (1),\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “P may apply for” substitute “ P may at any time apply to the fines officer under this paragraph for ”,\n(c) in sub-paragraph (4)(a), omit “in P's favour”,\n(d) after sub-paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) The fines officer may not vary the payment terms under sub-paragraph (4)(a) so that they are less favourable to P without P's consent.”, and\n(e) for sub-paragraph (7) substitute—\n“(7) The fines officer may not vary the order so that it states reserve terms which are less favourable to P than the payment terms without P's consent.”\n(4) In paragraph 25 (application of Part 7: effect of first default on collection order containing payment terms), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—\n“(a) an application to a fines officer under paragraph 22 (application for variation of order or for attachment of earnings order etc) that was made at a time when P was not in default on the collection order;\n(b) an appeal under paragraph 23 against a decision of a fines officer on an application described in paragraph (a);”.\n(5) In paragraph 31 (variation of reserve terms)—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) P may, at any time after the date of a payment notice under paragraph 30, apply to the fines officer for the reserve terms to be varied.”,\n(b) in sub-paragraph (3)(a), omit “in P's favour”, and\n(c) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) The fines officer may not vary the reserve terms under sub-paragraph (3)(a) so that they are less favourable to P without P's consent.”\n(6) In paragraph 37 (functions of fines officer in relation to defaulters: referral or further steps notice), in sub-paragraph (1)(c), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute—\n“(i) an application to a fines officer under paragraph 31 (application for variation of reserve terms) that was made at a time when P was not in default on the collection order;\n(ii) an appeal under paragraph 32 against a decision of a fines officer on an application described in sub-paragraph (i);”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56 in force at 13.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 46"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:15.088837+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}