Section 46 Criminal courts charge dutyI1

Where the criminal courts charge duty applies to a court in relation to an offender, the court must order the offender to pay a charge in respect of relevant court costs, unless—

F1....

In this section—

• “court costs” means costs of providing the judiciary and the rest of the system of courts, but does not include defence or prosecution costs;

• “relevant court costs” means court costs incurred in connection with—

  1. (a)

     criminal proceedings, or

  2. (b)

     proceedings for a relevant failure,

  but does not include costs of providing the Supreme Court or judges of that Court;

• “relevant failure” means a failure to comply with—

  1. (a)

     a requirement of a community order, F2or

  2. (b)

     a community requirement of a suspended sentence order, F3...

  3. (c)

     ...

In this Code, “criminal courts charge order” means an order under subsection (1).