Rule 30.3 Duty to give receiptI1

England and Wales

(1)

This rule applies where the defendant makes a payment to—

(a)

the court officer specified in an order or notice served under rule 30.2;

(b)

another court officer;

(c)

any—

(i)

custodian of the defendant,

(ii)

supervisor appointed to encourage the defendant to pay, or

(iii)

responsible officer appointed under a community sentence or a suspended sentence of imprisonment; or

(d)

a person executing a warrant to which rule 13.6 (warrants for arrest, detention or imprisonment that cease to have effect on payment) or this Part applies.

(2)

The person receiving the payment must—

(a)

give the defendant a receipt, unless the method of payment generates an independent record (for example, a bank record); and

(b)

as soon as practicable transmit the payment to the court officer specified in an order or notice served under rule 30.2, if the recipient is not that court officer.

[Note. For the effect of payment to a person executing a warrant to whichrule 13.6 applies, see that rule and sections 79^f1 and 125(1)^f2 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

For the circumstances in which the court may appoint a person to supervise payment, see section 88 of the 1980 Act^f3.]

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 30.3 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble

Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 43; section 79 was amended by paragraph 219 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) and section 62 of, and paragraphs 45, 47 and 48 of Schedule 13 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).
f2: 1980 c. 43; section 125 was amended by section 33 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60), section 65(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), sections 95(1), 97(4) and 106 of, and Part V of Schedule 15 and Table (8) to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), section 109(1) of, and paragraph 238 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) and sections 62(3), 86 and 146 of, and paragraphs 45 and 57 of Schedule 23 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).
f3: 1980 c. 43; section 88 was amended by paragraph 53 of Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), paragraph 68 of Schedule 9 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) and section 62 of, and paragraphs 45 and 54 of Schedule 13 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15). It is further amended by paragraphs 58 and 64 of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) with effect from a date to be appointed.