{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/schedule-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/schedule-6A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/43",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/6A",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": "FINES THAT MAY BE ALTERED UNDER SECTION 143",
  "text": "Enactment\nMaximum fine\n. . .\n. . .. . .\nATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS ACT 1971 (c.32) Section 23(3) (judge’s fine)\n£250\n. . .\n. . .\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS ACT 1980 (c.43) Section 63(3)(a) (disobedience of orders other than payment of money) Section 97(4) (refusal to give evidence etc.)\n£5,000 £2,500\nCONTEMPT OF COURT ACT 1981 (c.49) Section 12(2) (contempt in face of magistrates’ court) Section 14(2) (contempt in an inferior court)\n£2,500 £2,500\nEnactment\nMaximum fine\n. . .\n. . .\nCOUNTY COURTS ACT 1984 (c.28) Section 55(2) (neglect or refusal to give evidence) Section 118(1) (contempt in face of court)\n£1,000 £2,500\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nPOWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nIn Schedule 5, paragraph 2(1) (failure to comply with attendance centre order or attendance centre rules)\n£1,000\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . .\n. . .\nCORONERS AND JUSTICE ACT 2009\nIn Schedule 6, paragraphs 5 (refusal to serve as juror etc) and 6 (refusal to give evidence etc)\n£1000",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6A substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 17(3)(d), 101(1), Sch. 4, Pt.IV, Sch. 12 para. 6 (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entries in Sch. 6A repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 80(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 6A: entry repealed (25.7.2013) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 28(a), Sch. 23 Pt. 1 (with s. 180); S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(o)(xiii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Entry in Sch. 6A inserted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 80(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 6A: words repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 332, 336, Sch. 37 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 44(4)(f) (subject to art. 2(2) and Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Entries in Sch. 6A repealed (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 6, 149, 153, Sch. 4 para. 24, Sch. 28 Pt. 1, (with Sch. 27 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 6A: entry repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with s. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 6A: entry inserted (25.7.2013) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 28(b) (with s. 180); S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(o)(xiii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 6A modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": null,
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/43",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000"
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    {
      "type": null,
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      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000"
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    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/schedule/6A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:26:47.197891+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}