http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/section/84Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the jurisdiction of, and the practice and procedure before, magistrates’ courts and the functions of justices’ clerks, and to matters connected therewith, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1980-11-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-21Expert Participation2026-06-29 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 1(6A)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 36 para. 8(5)s. 336(3) (4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 1(7A)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 36 para. 8(6)s. 336(3) (4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 84(3)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 37 Pt. 9s. 336(3) (4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980Sch. 6A (entry)Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000Sch. 7 para. 69Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 12(2A)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 4(3)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 12(5A)-(5F)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 4(6)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 17ZA-17ZCJudicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 6(2)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 22A(1A)-(1E)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 6(3)(b)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 17BAJudicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 7s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 24ZA 24ZBJudicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 8s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 17B(1A)-(1F)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 9(2)(b)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 17B(5)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 9(2)(d)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 23(1A)-(1G)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 9(4)(b)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 23(4A)(4B)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 9(4)(d)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 24BAJudicial Review and Courts Act 2022s. 9(5)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 17A(1A)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(b)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 18(1)-(1B)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(7)(a)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 18(4A)(4B)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(7)(b)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 18(6)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(7)(c)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 20(7A)(7B)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(8)(c)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 22(2A)-(2E)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(9)(a)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 24A(1A)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022Sch. 2 para. 6(11)(b)s. 51(4)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 75ACrime and Courts Act 2013s. 26(1)s. 61(3)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 85(5)Crime and Courts Act 2013s. 26(4)s. 61(3)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 139ACrime and Courts Act 2013s. 26(6)s. 61(3)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 145(1A)Children, Schools and Families Act 2010Sch. 3 para. 8(3)s. 21(8) 27s. 29(4)(b)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 145(1A)Children, Schools and Families Act 2010Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 21(8) 27s. 29(4)(b)Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980s. 1(6A)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 11 para. 3(4)s. 95(1)art. 3Sch. 1 para. 77 Part III841A magistrates’ court may, either before or on inquiring into a person’s means under section 82 above, and a justice of the peace acting in the same local justice area as that court may before any such inquiry, order him to furnish to the court within a period specified in the order such a statement of his assets and other financial circumstances as the court may require.2A person who fails to comply with an order under subsection (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.3If a person in furnishing any statement in pursuance of an order under subsection (1) above makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly furnishes a statement which is false in a material particular, or knowingly fails to disclose any material fact, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 months or a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scaleor both.4Proceedings in respect of an offence under subsection (3) above may, notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) below, be commenced at any time within 2 years from the date of the commission of the offence or within 6 months from its first discovery by the prosecutor, whichever period expires the earlier.Words in s. 84(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 221; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)S. 84(2)-(4) applied (21.9.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 97(2), 110, Sch. 6 para. 2(4); S.I. 2004/2195, art. 2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46S. 84(2)-(4) applied (21.9.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 97(2), 110, Sch. 6 para. 2(4); S.I. 2004/2195, art. 2S. 84(2)-(4) applied (21.9.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 97(2), 110, Sch. 6 para. 2(4); S.I. 2004/2195, art. 2Part III (ss. 75–96) modified: (E.W.) by Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 32, SIF 39:1), s. 6(4)(6); by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 75(5)(6), 123(6), Sch. 8 para. 16; (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 9(4)(6), 69(2) (with s. 66(2))Part III (ss. 75-96) extended (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 32(3)(a), 41(3)(a), 66(1)Part III (ss. 75-96) applied (with modifications) (24.3.2003) (E.W.) by 2002 c. 29, ss. 35(3), 458(1)(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2 Sch.Pt. III applied (1.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 85, 153; S.I. 2009/2606, art. 2(f)Pt. III restricted (prosp.) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 56, 57, 58, 173Pt. III modified (6.4.2010) by The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/948), regs. 1, 97(10)Words in s. 84(1) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 16 para. 25(a); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(d)Words in s. 84 heading substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 16 para. 25(b); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(d)