Criminal Justice
(Compensation Orders) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey)
Law 2014
A LAW to amend further the Criminal
Justice (Compensation Orders) (Jersey) Law 1994.
Adopted by the
States 9th September 2014
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 10th December 2014
Registered by the
Royal Court 19th
December 2014
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law “principal Law” means the Criminal Justice
(Compensation Orders) (Jersey) Law 1994[1].
2 Article 3
amended
For Article 3(2) of the principal Law there shall be
substituted the following paragraph –
“(2) A default sentence shall not
exceed the maximum term of imprisonment within the jurisdiction for the time
being of the Magistrate’s Court in the case of an order made by –
(a) the Magistrate’s Court;
(b) the Youth Court; or
(c) the Royal Court on appeal against a decision
of the Magistrate’s Court.”.
3 Article 6
amended
In Article 6(1) and (3) of the principal Law, for the words
“Article 3(2)” there shall be substituted the words “Article 3(4)”.
4 Article 7
amended
In Article 7 of the principal Law –
(a) in paragraph (1)
for the words from “At any time” to “it appears to the
court –” there shall be substituted the following words –
“(1) At any time before a person
against whom a compensation order has been made or a person who is ordered to
pay compensation under Article 3(4) has paid the Viscount the whole of the
compensation which the person is required to pay but at a time (disregarding
any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) when there is no
further possibility of an appeal on which the compensation order could be
varied or set aside, the court which made the compensation order may, on the
application of such a person, discharge or reduce the amount which remains to
be paid if it appears to the court –”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(c)
after the words “person against whom the order was made” there
shall be inserted the words “or a person who is ordered to pay
compensation under Article 3(4)”;
(c) after
paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –
“(1A) At any time before the person against whom a
compensation order has been made or a person who is ordered to pay compensation
under Article 3(4) has paid to the Viscount the whole of the compensation
which the person is required to pay, the court which made the compensation order
may, on the application of such a person, vary the time allowed for payment of
the amount which remains to be paid, including any date by which any instalment
must be paid.”;
(d) in paragraph (2)
for the words “this Article” there shall be substituted the words
“paragraph (1)”.
5 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Compensation Orders)
(Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 2014 and shall come into force 7 days
after the day it is registered.
l.-m. hart
Deputy Greffier of the States