Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/1982/48/section/37
Timestamp: 2019-09-20 13:22:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['in fine', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Criminal Justice Act 1982Criminal Justice Act 1982
Criminal Justice Act 1982
1982 c. 48
Introduction of standard scale...
Newidiadau dros amser i: Section 37
01/10/1992- Amendment
28/05/2014- Amendment
Ar hyn o bryd nid oes unrhyw effeithiau heb eu gweithredu yn hysbys ar gyfer y Criminal Justice Act 1982, Section 37.
37 The standard scale of fines for summary offences. E+W
(1)There shall be a standard scale of fines for summary offences, which shall be known as “the standard scale”.
[F1(2)The standard scale is shown below—
Level on the scale
1 £200
2 £500
3 £1,000
4 £2,500
5 £5,000]
(3)Where any enactment (whether contained in an Act passed before or after this Act) provides—
(a)that a person convicted of a summary offence shall be liable on conviction to a fine or a maximum fine by reference to a specified level on the standard scale; or
(b)confers power by subordinate instrument to make a person liable on conviction of a summary offence (whether or not created by the instrument) to a fine or maximum fine by reference to a specified level on the standard scale,
it is to be construed as referring to the standard scale for which this section provides as that standard scale has effect from time to time by virtue either of this section or of an order under section 143 of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 [F2or section 87 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012].
[F3(4)Section 85 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (removal of limit on certain fines on conviction by magistrates’ court) makes provision that affects the application of this section.]
F1S. 37(2) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 17(1), 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 6; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
F2Words in s. 37(3) inserted (28.5.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 87(4), 151(1); S.I. 2014/1291, art. 2(c)
F3S. 37(4) inserted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 3 (with reg. 5(1))
C1S. 37 extended: (N.I.) by Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54, SIF 96), s. 14(9); by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), Sch. 9 para. 1(1); by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2, SIF 40:1), s. 171(2A)(a) (as inserted by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 40:1), s. 9, Sch. 5 para. 3); by Car Tax Act 1983 (c. 53, SIF 40:2), Sch. 1 para. 8(7); by Medical Act 1983 (c. 54, SIF 83:1), ss. 49(1)(2), 54; by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 75, 106(3)(a), Sch. 3 para. 2; and by Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24, SIF 83:1), s. 53(4)(a)
C2S. 37 amended by S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), art. 5(3)
C3S. 37 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (1.12.1992) by S.I. 1992/2670, art. 2(a)
C4S. 37 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (1.2.1993) by S.I. 1992/3202, art. 2(a)
M11980 c. 43.