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(1)The following are to be paid to the Lord Chancellor—
(a)fines imposed by a magistrates' court,
(b)sums which—
(i)become payable by virtue of an order of a magistrates' court, and
(ii)are by an enactment made applicable as fines (or any description of fines) imposed by a magistrates' court, and
(c)all other sums received by—
(i)a designated officer for a magistrates' court, or
(ii)a designated officer for a local justice area,
in his capacity as such.
(2)“Fine” includes—
(a)any pecuniary penalty, pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation payable under a conviction, and
(b)any pecuniary forfeiture on conviction by, or under any order of, a magistrates' court so far as the forfeiture is converted into or consists of money.
(3)For the purposes of this section anything done by the Crown Court on appeal from a magistrates' court is to be treated as done by the magistrates' court.
(4)Any sums received by the Lord Chancellor under this section are to be paid by him into the Consolidated Fund.
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