# The Magistrates' Courts (Unit Fines) Rules 1992, Paragraph 2


The magistrates for each petty sessions area shall, from time to time and at least once a year, taking into account local conditions, determine amounts that appear to them to represent the reasonable weekly expenditure of households in their petty sessions area, on the items specified in column 2 below, in respect of the members of such households specified in column 1 below, in this Schedule referred to as “deemed expenditure levels ”.
Column 1
Column 2
Member of household
Items of expenditure
OFFENDER
Food
Heating
Housing costs
Community charge
Water rates
Clothing
Travel to work
SPOUSE/COHABITEE
Food
Community charge
Clothing
ADULT DEPENDANTS/CHILDREN
Food
Clothing

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1856/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-unit-fines-rules-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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