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<p>This gives guidance on benefit fraud.</p>

<p>In this case, the<span> </span><a href="/education-resources/jargon-buster/?c=S" title="Jargon Buster" data-anchor="?c=S">Sheriff Appeal Court</a><span> issued guidance about whether there is a general rule that a </span><a href="/sentencing-information/disposals-and-appeals/" title="fine">fine</a><span> payable by instalments should be repaid within a year, and concluded that, in fact, there is no such rule.</span></p>

<p>In this case, the <a href="/education-resources/jargon-buster/?c=S" title="Jargon Buster" data-anchor="?c=S">Sheriff Appeal Court</a> issued guidance for courts on the approach to take when imposing a compensation requirement as part of a <a href="/sentencing-information/disposals-and-appeals/" title="Sentences and Appeals">community payback order (CPO)</a>, or a <a href="/sentencing-information/disposals-and-appeals/" title="Sentences and Appeals">compensation order</a>, when the accused has pled guilty at an early stage of proceedings.</p> <p> In particular the case is about whether courts should in those circumstances reduce (discount) the amount of compensation to be paid, and if so whether the compensation should attract the same level of discount as other types of sentence.</p>

The judgments listed on this page were not issued under the 1995 Act, but provide guidance on certain areas of...