{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-criminal-courts-charge-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-criminal-courts-charge-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/796",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-criminal-courts-charge-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Cases in which the duty to order payment of the criminal courts charge does not apply",
  "text": "(1) An order under section 46(1) of the Sentencing Code (criminal courts charge) must not be made against a person (“P”) convicted of an offence in the following cases—\n(a) where a court deals with P for the offence by making an order discharging P absolutely under section 79 of the Sentencing Code (absolute discharge);\n(b) where a court deals with P for the offence by making in respect of P an order under section 37(1) of the MHA 1983 (power of courts to order hospital admission or guardianship) or a direction under section 45A(3) of the MHA 1983 (power of higher courts to order hospital admission);\n(c) where the Crown Court dismisses an appeal against conviction or sentence for the offence following a reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission under section 11(1) of the CAA 1995 (cases dealt with summarily in England and Wales);\n(d) where the Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal for the offence under Part 1 of the CAA 1968 following a reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission under section 9(1) of the CAA 1995 (cases dealt with on indictment in England and Wales).\n(2) Paragraph (3) applies where a court deals with a person in the same proceedings—\n(a) for an offence; and\n(b) for a relevant failure.\n(2A) In this regulation “relevant failure” means a failure to comply with—\n(a) a requirement of a community order (within the meaning given by section 200 of the Sentencing Code),\n(b) a community requirement of a suspended sentence order (within the meaning given by section 286 of the Sentencing Code), or\n(c) a supervision requirement imposed under section 256AA of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.\n(3) An order under section 46(1) of the Sentencing Code must not be made in respect of the relevant failure.\n(4) Paragraph (5) applies where a court deals with a person in the same proceedings two or more different kinds of relevant failure.\n(5) An order under section 21A(1) of the POA 1985 must not be made—\n(a) where the court deals with the person for a failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(a), (b) and (c), in respect of the failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(b) or (c);\n(b) where the court deals with the person for a failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(a) and (b), in respect of the failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(b);\n(c) where the court deals with the person for a failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(a) and (c), in respect of the failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(c);\n(d) where the court deals with the person for a failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(b) and (c), in respect of the failure to comply with requirements mentioned in paragraph (2A)(c);\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(2)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(2)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(3) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2A) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(4) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(5)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(5)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(4) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(6) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(a) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(7)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(a) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(7)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(8)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(8)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(c) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(9)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(c) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(9)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(d) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(10)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(5)(d) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(10)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Reg. 2(5)(e) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 430(11) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 13.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 45A was inserted by section 46 of the Crime Sentences Act 1997."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/796/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:27.147925+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."
}