# Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 250: Compensation orders: supplementary provisions.

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(1) Where a court considers that in respect of an offence it would be appropriate to impose a fine and to make a compensation order but the convicted person has insufficient means to pay both an appropriate fine and an appropriate amount in compensation the court should prefer a compensation order.
(2) Where a convicted person has both been fined and had a compensation order made against him in respect of the same offence or different offences in the same proceedings, a payment by the convicted person shall first be applied in satisfaction of the compensation order.
(3) For the purposes of any appeal or review, a compensation order is a sentence.
(4) Where a compensation order has been made against a person, a payment made to the court in respect of the order shall be retained until the determination of any appeal in relation to the order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/250 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-250
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