# Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, Section 15: Increase in maximum on-the-spot penalty for disorderly behaviour


(1) In Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) (on-the-spot penalties for disorderly behaviour), section 3 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2) (maximum penalty that may be prescribed), at the end insert “ plus a half of the relevant surcharge ”.
(3) After that subsection insert—
“(2A) The “relevant surcharge”, in relation to a person of a given age, is the amount payable by way of surcharge under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 by a person of that age who is fined the maximum amount for the offence.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-15
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