The Magistrates' Courts (Unit Fines) Rules 1992

Announcement of number and value of units

6.  Where a court imposes a fine to which these Rules apply, it shall announce in open court—

(a)the number of units determined under section 18(2)(a) of the Act as being commensurate with the seriousness of the offence for which the fine is imposed or the combination of that offence and other offences associated with it (hereinafter called “the relevant number of units ”); and

(b)the value to be given to each of those units, determined in accordance with these Rules.