81 Enforcement of fines imposed on young offenders
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

Sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction

81  Enforcement of fines imposed on young offenders

(1)     Where a magistrates' court would, but for [section 227 of the Sentencing Code], have power to commit to prison a person under [the age of 18] for a default consisting in failure to pay, or want of sufficient [goods] to satisfy, a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction, the court may, subject to the following provisions of this section, make—

(a)     an order requiring the defaulter's parent or guardian to enter into a recognizance to ensure that the defaulter pays so much of that sum as remains unpaid; or

(b)     an order directing so much of that sum as remains unpaid to be paid by the defaulter's parent or guardian instead of by the defaulter.

(2)     An order under subsection

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