Part VI

Financial penalties and orders

Compensation orders

Limit on amount payable under compensation order of magistrates' court
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1
The compensation to be paid under a compensation order made by a magistrates' court in respect of any offence of which the court has convicted the offender shall not exceed £5,000.
2
The compensation or total compensation to be paid under a compensation order or compensation orders made by a magistrates' court in respect of any offence or offences taken into consideration in determining sentence shall not exceed the difference (if any) between—
a
the amount or total amount which under subsection (1) above is the maximum for the offence or offences of which the offender has been convicted; and
b
the amount or total amounts (if any) which are in fact ordered to be paid in respect of that offence or those offences.