{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-139.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/139",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Limit on compensation payable under compensation order of magistrates' court in case of young offender",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a magistrates' court is dealing with an offender for one or more offences (each, a “main offence”) of which the offender was convicted when aged under 18, and\n(b) the court makes a compensation order in respect of—\n(i) a main offence, or\n(ii) any offence taken into consideration by the court in determining sentence for a main offence (a “TIC offence”).\n(2) The compensation in respect of a main offence must not exceed £5,000.\n(3) The total compensation in respect of main offences and TIC offences must not exceed £5,000 multiplied by the number of main offences.\n(4) This section is subject to section 33B(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (clean-up costs relating to certain offences relating to waste).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 139 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}