# The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981, Rule 48: To whom payments are to be made

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(2) Where payment of any sum or instalment of any sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction or order of a magistrates' court is made to any person other than the designated officer for the court, that person, unless he is the person to whom the court has directed payment to be made or, in the case of a child, is the person with whom the child has his home, shall, as soon as may be, account for and, if the designated officer so requires, pay over the sum or instalment to the designated officer for the court.
(3) Where payment of any sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction or order of a magistrates' court, or any instalment of such a sum, is directed to be made to the designated officer for some other magistrates' court, the designated officer for the court that adjudged the sum to be paid shall pay over any sums received by him on account of the said sum or instalment to the designated officer for that other court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/552/rule/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981/rule-48
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