# The Criminal Legal Aid (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2013, Regulation 46: Recovery of overdue sums

Extent: E+W

(1) Any overdue sums are recoverable—
(a) summarily as a civil debt; and
(b) if the High Court or a county court so orders on the application of the Lord Chancellor, as if they were payable under an order of the court in question.
(2) Where a complaint is made for the recovery of an overdue sum as a civil debt, the powers conferred on a magistrates’ court by section 58 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 may be exercised by a single justice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/483/regulation/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-contribution-orders-regulations-2013/regulation-46
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