The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010

Circumstances in which a warrant will cease to have effect

18.15.—(1) A warrant issued under any of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) will cease to have effect when—

(a) the sum in respect of which the warrant is issued (together with the costs and charges of commitment, if any) is paid to the person who is executing the warrant;

(b) that sum is offered to, but refused by, the person who is executing the warrant; or

(c) a receipt for that sum given by—

(i) the court officer for the court which issued the warrant, or

(ii) the charging or billing authority

is produced to the person who is executing the warrant.

(2) Those provisions are—

(a) section 76 (warrant to enforce fines and other sums);

(b) section 83(1) and (2) (warrant to secure attendance of offender for purposes of section 82);

(c) section 86(4) (warrant to arrest offender following failure to appear on day fixed for means inquiry);

(d) section 136 (committal to custody overnight at police station),

of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

(3) No person may execute, or continue to execute, a warrant that ceases to have effect under this rule.