tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post5513069739449564150..comments2023-07-10T10:57:18.522+01:00Comments on The Magistrates' Blog: A New One On MeBystander http://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-34337302024824998842015-04-20T12:31:08.616+01:002015-04-20T12:31:08.616+01:00So I suppose it might be said that they got off ch...So I suppose it might be said that they got off cheaply.<br /><br />And when the bus reached its destination, they got off.Andrew McGeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-3381593062860807312015-04-19T09:13:07.430+01:002015-04-19T09:13:07.430+01:00We agree, leaving aside the issue of whether time-...We agree, leaving aside the issue of whether time-served is the same as remitting the penalty. More interesting is whether courts will change their practice on ordering time-served, given that it can no longer serve an effective purpose - in most cases more than half the penalty will always remain. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-51432737743751033072015-04-18T18:06:44.728+01:002015-04-18T18:06:44.728+01:00Her male partner should have been punished for hav...Her male partner should have been punished for having an offensive person on his weapon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-79443953902973612082015-04-17T14:41:37.129+01:002015-04-17T14:41:37.129+01:00Power to remit the charge
A magistrates’ court may...Power to remit the charge<br />A magistrates’ court may remit the whole or part of a charge ordered to be paid by a person but it may remit the charge only if:<br />(a) it is satisfied that the person has taken all reasonable steps to pay it, having regard to the person’s personal circumstances, or<br />(b) it is satisfied that collection and enforcement of the charge is impracticable, POA 1985 s.21E.<br />Charge may not be remitted It may not remit the charge at a time when the person is detained in prison.<br />It may not remit the charge unless each of following has expired—<br />(a) a specified period beginning with the day on which an order under section 21A was last made in respect of the person;<br />(b) a specified period beginning with the day on which the person was last convicted of an offence;<br />(c) where relevant, a specified period beginning with the day on which the person was last released from prison, POA 1985 s.21E.<br />The period specified is: <br />(a) where the person liable to pay the charge has made the application to a magistrates’ court to remit the charge, two years;<br />(b) in any other case, 12 months, SI 2015/796 reg.4.<br />Defaulters Where a court remits a charge under section 21A after an order has been made under section 300(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (power to impose unpaid work requirement etc on fine defaulter) for default in paying the charge (or the charge and other amounts), the court must:<br />(a) reduce the total number of hours or days to which the order relates by the same proportion as the amount remitted bears to the total amount in respect of which the order was made, or<br />(b) if the total number of hours or days would be reduced to nil under paragraph (a), revoke the order, POA 1985 s.21E.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-39973355866018162092015-04-17T08:01:25.215+01:002015-04-17T08:01:25.215+01:00Same crime committed this week would have left her...Same crime committed this week would have left her with £150 court charge which almost certainly cannot be time-served on conviction. Will we see fewer penalties being dealt in this way from now on? I'm surmising part of the reason for deeming a financial penalty served by time held in custody is recognising the fine is unlikely to be paid by someone with no means, or as a matter of administrative practicality (not worth the cost of collection) or to draw a line under the affair; none of these will now be effective since the court charge will always be left over.<br /><br />Hope you told her that from now on a room in a hotel will definitely be cheaper!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-90466446892028366242015-04-16T23:16:46.898+01:002015-04-16T23:16:46.898+01:008am?
Uncle Fred and Aunty Mabel
Fainted at the bre...8am?<br />Uncle Fred and Aunty Mabel<br />Fainted at the breakfast table.<br />This should be sufficient warning:<br />Never do it in the morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-69354494607888980072015-04-16T10:34:29.209+01:002015-04-16T10:34:29.209+01:00but maybe not as much effort!but maybe not as much effort!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-39943432106330230822015-04-15T16:45:18.285+01:002015-04-15T16:45:18.285+01:00And yet a public act of masturbation could land yo...And yet a public act of masturbation could land you inside.<br /><br />(Odd since it involves half the number of people).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-81893825147713026452015-04-15T14:55:58.639+01:002015-04-15T14:55:58.639+01:00Well, that seems to be justice--something that is ...Well, that seems to be justice--something that is sadly disappearing quicker than a rat up a drainpipe.<br /><br />Well done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-51037622442770514332015-04-15T13:00:37.793+01:002015-04-15T13:00:37.793+01:00I'd have thought a bus was more "public&q...I'd have thought a bus was more "public" than a public toilet, even leaving aside the question of whether it was in a cubicle or not!Philipnoreply@blogger.com