52.3.—(1) This rule applies where the defendant makes a payment to—
(a)the court officer specified in an order or notice served under rule 52.2;
(b)another court officer;
(c)any—
(i)custodian of the defendant,
(ii)supervisor appointed to encourage the defendant to pay, or
(iii)responsible officer appointed under a community sentence or a suspended sentence of imprisonment; or
(d)a person executing a warrant to which rule 18.6 (warrants for arrest, detention or imprisonment that cease to have effect on payment) or this Part applies.
(2) The person receiving the payment must—
(a)give the defendant a receipt; and
(b)as soon as practicable transmit the payment to the court officer specified in an order or notice served under rule 52.2, if the recipient is not that court officer.
[Note. For the effect of payment to a person executing a warrant to which—
(a)rule 18.6 applies, see that rule and sections 79(1) and 125(1)(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;
(b)this Part applies, see rule 52.8(5).
For the circumstances in which the court may appoint a person to supervise payment, see section 88 of the 1980 Act(3).]
1980 c. 43; section 79 was amended by paragraph 219 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) and is amended by section 62 of, and paragraphs 45, 47 and 48 of Schedule 13 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), with effect from a date to be appointed.
1980 c. 43; section 125(1) was amended by section 97(4) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) and section 109(1) of, and paragraph 238 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).
1980 c. 43; section 88 was amended by paragraph 53 of Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and by paragraph 68 of Schedule 9 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), and is further amended by paragraphs 58 and 64 of Part II of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) and section 62 of, and paragraphs 45 and 54 of Schedule 13 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 29), with effect from a date to be appointed.