Section 43 Penalties for offences.C2C1
Save as hereinbefore expressly provided, any person committing an offence under any provision of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence under that provision, to a fine not exceeding F1ten poundslevel 3 on the standard scale and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence thereunder, to a fine not exceeding fifty poundslevel 3 on the standard scale.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 43 for “ten pounds” and “fifty pounds” there is substituted (S.) in each case “level 3 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G
Modifications
- C1
S. 43 S.I. 1984/703 (N.I.3), arts. 5 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) 6 (increase of fines) and 9 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions) apply (N.I.)
- C2
S. 43 Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.)