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Section 39 Special cases.

England and Wales

(1)

Section 38 above does not apply—

(a)

to any enactment specified in Schedule 2 to this Act; or

(b)

to the following enactments—

(i)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

C1(ii)

any enactment specified in the Schedule to the M1London Transport Act 1977 or in Schedule 1 to the M2British Railways Act 1977 to the extent that the enactment was amended by section 12(1) of the former Act or section 13(1) of the latter;

(iii)

any enactment specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the M3City of London (Various Powers) Act 1977.

(2)

The enactments specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 to this Act, which relate to the maximum fines for the offences mentioned (and broadly described) in column 1 of that Schedule, shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed on conviction of any offence so mentioned were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3.

(3)

The enactments specified in column 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act, which relate to certain maximum fines that may be imposed on a person otherwise than on conviction of an offence, their broad effect being described in column 1 of that Schedule, shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 39(1)(b)(i) repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3 5, Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2

Marginal citations

M1

1977 c. xii.

M2

1977 c. xvii.

M3

1977 c. xv.

Modifications

C1

S. 39(1)(b)(ii) extended by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 71(3)(a), Sch. 6 para. 27