{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-modernisation-and-abusive-domestic-behaviour-reviews-scotland-act-2025/section-8",
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  "legislation": "asp/2025/14",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-modernisation-and-abusive-domestic-behaviour-reviews-scotland-act-2025",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Increase of fixed penalty limit",
  "text": "(1) In section 302 (fixed penalties) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995—\n(a) in subsection (7A), for “£300 or such higher sum as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify” substitute “£500”,\n(b) after subsection (7A), insert—\n“(7B) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (7A) so as to substitute for the sum for the time being specified there a higher sum.”,\n(c) in subsection (8), for “or (7A)” substitute “or regulations under subsection (7B)”.\n(2) In the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Fixed Penalty Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/108), for the schedule substitute—\n“Schedule\nThe scale of fixed penalties\nArticle 2\nLevel on the scale\nAmount of fixed penalty\n1\n£50\n2\n£75\n3\n£100\n4\n£150\n5\n£200\n6\n£250\n7\n£300\n8\n£400\n9\n£500\n”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 1.12.2025, see s. 34(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/14/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:32:29.865221+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."
}