Courts Act 2003
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95 Fixing of fines: failure to furnish statement of financial circumstances
(1) Amend section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (false statements as to financial circumstances) as follows. (2) After subsection (1) insert— (1A) A person who is charged with an offence who fails to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale. (3) In subsection (2)(b), after “may impose” insert “ and how it should be paid ”. (4) In section 128(5) of the 2000 Act (fixing of fines: power of court to make determination of financial circumstances where offender has failed to co-operate with court etc.), in paragraph (b) before sub-paragraph (i) insert— (zi) has failed to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to a request which is an official request for the purposes of section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (offence of making false statements as to financial circumstances), . (5) “The 2000 Act” means the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6).
95 Fixing of fines: failure to furnish statement of financial circumstances
(1) Amend section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (false statements as to financial circumstances) as follows. (2) After subsection (1) insert— (1A) A person who is charged with an offence who fails to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to an official request shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale. (3) In subsection (2)(b), after “may impose” insert “ and how it should be paid ”. (4) In section 128(5) of the 2000 Act (fixing of fines: power of court to make determination of financial circumstances where offender has failed to co-operate with court etc.), in paragraph (b) before sub-paragraph (i) insert— (zi) has failed to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances in response to a request which is an official request for the purposes of section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (offence of making false statements as to financial circumstances), . (5) “The 2000 Act” means the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6).
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