# Criminal Justice Act 1988, Section 57: Powers of harbour authorities to provide for maximum fines up to level 4 on standard scale.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where a harbour authority is empowered to provide—
(a) in an instrument made by virtue of an enactment; or
(b) in an instrument made by virtue of an instrument made under an enactment,
that a person, as regards any summary offence (whether or not created by the instrument), shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding an amount less than level 4 on the standard scale, the power shall extend by virtue of this section to making him liable to a fine not exceeding level 4.
(2) Where any enactment or instrument (“the enabling legislation") (however expressed) provides that a person who contravenes any provision of an instrument (“a regulatory instrument") made by a harbour authority—
(a) by virtue of the enabling legislation; or
(b) by virtue of an instrument made under the enabling legislation,
shall be guilty of a summary offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding an amount less than level 4 on the standard scale, the power conferred by the enabling legislation shall by virtue of this section enable the harbour authority to provide in a regulatory instrument that a person, as regards any summary offence created by the regulatory instrument, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-57
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