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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fines-and-penalties-northern-ireland-order-1984/schedule-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1984/703",
  "legislation_title": "The Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fines-and-penalties-northern-ireland-order-1984",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "SPECIAL INCREASES",
  "text": "Statutory provision\nProvision creating the offence or setting out the penalty\nPresent maximum fine\nNew maximum fine\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nBelfast Improvement Act 1845 (c. cxlii)\nSection 167 as amended by section 39 of the Belfast Improvement Act 1884 (c. xciii) (miscellaneous offences committed in street)\n£2\n£200\nTown Police Clauses Act 1847 (c. 89)\nSection 21 (obstruction during public procession)\n£2\n£200\nSection 28 (miscellaneous offences committed in street)\n£2\n£200\nSection 45 (plying for hire without a licence)\n£2\n£500\nSection 53 (driver refusing to drive)\n£10\n£50\nSection 55 (exacting more than legal fare)\n£2\n£200\nSection 58 (overcharging)\n£2\n£200\nTowns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854 (c. 103)\nSection 72 (miscellaneous offences committed in street)\n£20\n£200\nSection 80 (plying for hire without a licence)\n£2\n£500\nSection 83 (driver refusing to drive)\n£10\n£50\nSection 84 (overcharging)\n£2\n£200\nOffences against the Person Act 1861 (c. 100)\nSection 43 (aggravated assault)\n£100\n£500\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nStreet Trading (Regulation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 (c. 9)\nSection 9(1) (trading without a licence)\n£5\n£200\nRadioactive Substances Act 1948 (c. 37)\nSection 7(4) (obstruction of inspectors)\n£100 (as amended by Article 9)\n£500\nSection 8(3) (other summary offences under the Act)\n£100\n£500\nSeeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (c. 22)\nSection 8(7) (obstruction)\n£20\n£200\nSection 10 (tampering with samples)\n£100\n£1,000\nHorticulture Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 15)\nSection 31(2) (penalties for summary offences other than sections 23(1)(e), 27(1) or 30 (5))\n£250 (as amended by Article 9)\n£1,000\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nCensus Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 8)\nSection 7(1) (wilful default in performance of duties)\n£10\n£200\nSection 7(2) (miscellaneous offences in respect of returns)\n£10\n£200\nSection 7(3) (refusal to answer or false answer)\n£10\n£200\nSection 7(5) (disclosure of information)\n£10\n£200\nIndustrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24)\nSection 69(7)(a) (refusal to attend, produce documents or give evidence before registrar)\n£10\n£200\nSection 70 (general offences by societies)\n£10\n£200\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nWelfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 7)\nSection 5(5) (obstruction)\n£25\n£200\nSection 22 (poisonous substances)\n£50\n£500\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nHealth and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (NI 14)\nArticle 9(2) (failure to submit school children for medical or dental inspection)\n£10\n£50\nTattooing of Minors (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (NI 10)\nArticle 3 (tattooing a minor)\n£400\n£500\nCriminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (NI 6)\nArticle 10(1) (persons found drunk)\n£20\n£25\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1998 c.32"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1997 NI 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1998 NI 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "1992 c.40"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "1986 NI 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "1995 NI 18"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "entry repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2011/16",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1984/703/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:09.024048+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."
}