# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 30.3: Duty to give receipt

Extent: E+W

(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 and 125(1) 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.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/30.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-30.3
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