# The Fines Collection (Disclosure of Information) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations define a “prescribed benefit” for the purposes of paragraph 9C of Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003.
Paragraphs 9A to 9C of Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003, which were inserted by section 41 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, permit the Secretary of State, in response to an information request from a designated officer in a magistrates’ court, to disclose details of, among other things, whether a person is in receipt of a prescribed benefit, in order to assist a court in deciding whether to make an application for benefit deductions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3242/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fines-collection-disclosure-of-information-prescribed-benefits-regulations-2008/note
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