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Section 30 Racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage.F2I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1(1) of the M1Criminal Damage Act 1971 (destroying or damaging property belonging to another) which is F1racially or religiously aggravated for the purposes of this section.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or to a fine, or to both.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, section 28(1)(a) above shall have effect as if the person to whom the property belongs or is treated as belonging for the purposes of that Act were the victim of the offence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 30(1) substituted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 39(5)(b)(6)(b) (with s. 42)

F2

Words in the sidenote to s. 30 substituted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 39(5)(a)(6)(b) (with s. 42)

Marginal citations

M1

1971 c.48.

Commencement

I1

S. 30 wholly in force; S. 30 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121. In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)

Notes on Racially or religiously aggravated offences: England and Wales

Textual amendments

F1

Words in the cross-heading substituted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 39(2), 127(2) (with s. 42)