{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1994/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Powers of harbour authorities to provide for maximum fines up to level 4 on standard scale",
  "text": "(1) Where in any instrument made—\n(a) under any relevant provision; or\n(b) under an instrument made under any relevant provision,\na harbour authority may provide that a person, as regards any offence punishable on summary conviction only (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 Article to making him liable to a fine not exceeding level 4.\n(2) Where any relevant provision or instrument made under any relevant provision ( “the enabling legislation”) (however expressed) provides that a person who contravenes any provision of an instrument ( “a regulatory instrument”) made by a harbour authority—\n(a) under the enabling legislation; or\n(b) under an instrument made under the enabling legislation,\nshall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary 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 Article enable the harbour authority to provide in a regulatory instrument that a person, as regards any such offence created by the regulatory instrument, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4.\n(3) In this Article “harbour authority” has the same meaning as in section 38(1) of the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1970 c. 1 (NI)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/2795/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:36.002561+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."
}