SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally
PART 3Procedure
CHAPTER 4Criminal courts charge
46Criminal courts charge duty
(1)
Where the criminal courts charge duty applies to a court in relation to an offender, the court must order the offender to pay a charge in respect of relevant court costs, unless—
(a)
the offender was aged under 18 when the offence was committed,
(b)
the offence was committed before 13 April 2015, or
(c)
the case is, or is of a class, prescribed by the Lord Chancellor by regulations.
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(2)
In this section—
“court costs” means costs of providing the judiciary and the rest of the system of courts, but does not include defence or prosecution costs;
“relevant court costs” means court costs incurred in connection with—
(a)
criminal proceedings, or
(b)
proceedings for a relevant failure,
but does not include costs of providing the Supreme Court or judges of that Court;
(3)
In this Code, “criminal courts charge order” means an order under subsection (1).