# The Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009, Regulation 20: Capital contribution order


(1) Where—
(a) the amount of the individual’s disposable capital is less than the amount of the costs, and
(b) the assessing authority is aware that the individual has capital of a kind not falling within regulation 12(3),
the authority must make a contribution order for the amount of the shortfall or the value of the latter capital, whichever is the lesser.
(2) The value of the capital resource referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall be taken to be—
(a) the amount which it would realise if sold; or
(b) the value assessed in such other manner as appears to the assessing authority to be equitable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111487051/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-defence-service-contribution-orders-regulations-2009/regulation-20
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