# The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Falkland Islands) Order 1997, Article 3: Interpretation


In this Order—
(a) a reference to a fine of a level on the standard scale is a reference to a fine of that level on the standard scale having effect under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Ordinance 1989;
(b) “statutory maximum” means such sum as is for the time being the prescribed sum for the purposes of section 32 of the Magistrate’s Courts Act 1980.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2584/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-falkland-islands-order-1997/article-3
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