Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)

Part 3 U.K. Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Sentencing

General E+W

63 Duty to consider compensation order E+W

(1) In section 130 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (compensation orders against convicted persons), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) A court must consider making a compensation order in any case where this section empowers it to do so.”

(2) In section 175 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (service compensation orders), after subsection (7) insert—

“(7A) The court must consider making a service compensation order in any case where it has power to do so.”