The Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/142
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force—

(a) in relation to any magistrates’ court in any of the local justice areas listed in the first part of the table in the Schedule to these Regulations, on 1st March 2010; and

(b) in relation to any other magistrates’ court in any of the courts board areas listed—

(i) in the second part of that table, on 12th April 2010;

(ii) in the third part of that table, on 26th April 2010;

(iii) in the fourth part of that table, on 10th May 2010;

(iv) in the fifth part of that table, on 17th May 2010;

(v) in the sixth part of that table, on 24th May 2010;

(vi) in the seventh part of that table, on 14th June 2010;

(vii) in the eighth part of that table, on 28th June 2010.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to contribution orders made on or after the date on which the Regulations come into force in accordance with paragraph (1).

Section 2 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009

The Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009

In regulation 10(1) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

(f) that the costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of the order may be added to the amount payable under the order.

Section 4 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009

In regulation 22(1) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

(f) that the costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of the order may be added to the amount payable under the order.

Section 5 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009

In regulation 35(1) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

(e) that the costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of the order may be added to the amount payable under the order.

Section 6 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) Regulations 2009

After regulation 35 insert—

ENFORCEMENT

Costs of enforcement

(36) Where the Commission incurs costs in connection with the enforcement of a contribution order it may add those costs to the amount due under the order.

Recovery of overdue sums

(37)

(1) Any overdue sums are—

(a) recoverable summarily as a civil debt;

(b) recoverable, if the High Court or a county court so orders on the application of the Commission, as if they were payable under an order of the court in question.

(2) Where a complaint is made for the recovery of an overdue sum as a civil debt, the powers conferred on a magistrates’ court by section 58 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 may be exercised by a single justice.