# The Magistrates' Courts (Unit Fines) Rules 1992, Paragraph 3


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, in these Rules “the appropriate expenditure level ” for an offender shall be an amount that is the sum of the deemed expenditure levels for his household.
(2) The amount determined by the court under paragraph (1) above shall be—
(a) reduced to take account of expenditure on the other members of the offender’s household which is met out of those members' incomes, and of exceptionally low expenditure on housing; and
(b) increased to take account of the offender’s maintenance payments and, where the court thinks fit, of the offender’s exceptional expenditure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1856/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-unit-fines-rules-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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