Increase of Criminal Penalties etc. (Scotland) Order 1984
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1984 No. 526 (S. 61)
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND
The Increase of Criminal Penalties etc. (Scotland) Order 19845thApril 1984
10thApril 1984
1stMay 1984
Whereas it appears to me that there has been a change in the value of money since 29th July 1977; and
Whereas the sums substituted by this order for the sums specified in the provisions mentioned in section 289D(1A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975(a) appear to me to be justified by that change:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 289D(1) of that Act and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following order:—
1. This order may be cited as the Increase of Criminal Penalties etc. (Scotland) Order 1984 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1984.
2. In this order, "the Act" means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.
3. In section 289B(6) of the Act(b) (the prescribed sum), for the reference to "£1,000", there shall be substituted a reference to "£2,000".
4. In section 289G(2) of the Act(c) (the standard scale), for the reference to "£25", "£50", "£200", "£500" and "£1,000" there shall be substituted a reference to "£50", "£100", "£400", "£1,000" and "£2,000" respectively.
(a) 1975 c.21; section 289D was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) and was amended by section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48).
(b) Section 289B was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 and was amended by section 55(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
(c) Section 289G was inserted by section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
5. In section 407(1A) of the Act(a) (period of imprisonment for non payment of fines), for the references to "£25", "£50", "£200", "£500", "£1,000", "£2,500" and "£5,000" in both places where each reference occurs, there shall be substituted references to "£50", "£100", "£400", "£1,000", "£2,000", "£5,000" and "£10,000" respectively.
6. In section 435(e) of the Act(b) (expenses), for the reference to "£200", there shall be substituted a reference to "£400" and for the reference to "£50", in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted a reference to "£100".
7. In section 453(3) of the Act(c) (consent by prosecutor to set aside the conviction), for the reference to "£20", there shall be substituted a reference to "£40".
8. In section 7(4) of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Act 1982(d) (penalties), for the reference to...
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