{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-15/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-15/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/48",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 193A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (fines on conviction on indictment to be without limit)—\n(a) at the beginning, insert “(1)\";\n(b) for the words “section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980\" substitute the words “section 457A(4) of this Act\";\n(c) after the word “fine” where first occurring insert the words “of or\";\n(d) for the word “section\" in the second and third places where it occurs substitute the words “subsection\";\n(e) at the end, insert the following new subsection—\n“(2) Where any Act confers a power by subordinate instrument to make a person liable on conviction on indictment of any offence mentioned in subsection (1) above to a fine or a maximum fine of a specified amount, or which shall not exceed a specified amount, the fine which may be provided in the exercise of that power shall by virtue of this subsection be a fine of an unlimited amount.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/25",
      "affecting_title": "Environment Act 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/25",
      "affecting_title": "Environment Act 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/15/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:50.097321+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}