SCHEDULES
I1SCHEDULE 7 Pre-consolidation amendments: powers of criminal courts
Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c.62)
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In subsection (2) of section 32 of the 1973 Act (enforcement etc. of fines imposed and recognizances forfeited by Crown Court), for the words “section 85(1)” there shall be substituted the words “
section 85(2)
”
.
2
In subsection (3) of that section, after the words “to the Crown Court” there shall be inserted the words “
(except the reference in subsection (1)(b) above)
”
.
3
For subsection (4) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—
4
A magistrates’ court shall not, under section 85(1) or 120 of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 as applied by subsection (1) above, remit the whole or any part of a fine imposed by, or sum due under a recognizance forfeited by—
a
the Crown Court,
b
the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, or
c
the House of Lords on appeal from that division,
without the consent of the Crown Court.
4
Subsection (5) of that section shall cease to have effect.
Sch. 7 wholly in force; Sch. 7 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)