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The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2013

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Cited as:SI 2013/1165
Jurisdiction:England & Wales

2013No. 1165

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2013

20thMay2013

20thMay2013

1stJuly2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 3(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001( 1):

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st July 2013.

Amendments to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002

2.-(1) The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002( 2) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2 (amount of penalty payable in respect of a penalty offence)( 3)-

(a) in paragraph (a), for "£80" substitute "£90"; and(b) in paragraph (b), for "£50" substitute "£60".

(3) In the heading of Part 1 of the Schedule( 4), for "£80" substitute "£90".

(4) In the heading of Part 2 of the Schedule( 5), for "£50" substitute "£60".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Helen Grant

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

20th May 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 3(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16)and amends the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002 ( S.I. 2002/1837) ("the 2002 Order").

Article 2 of this Order amends the 2002 Order with the effect that the penalties payable in respect of penalty offences are increased. The term "penalty offence" is defined in section 1 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. This Order raises the penalties by £10; from £80 to £90 in the case of a penalty offence falling within Part 1 of the Schedule to the 2002 Order; and from £50 to £60 in the case of a penalty offence falling within Part 2 of the Schedule to the 2002 Order.

(1) 2001 c.16; section 3 has been amended by section 87(1) and (4) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38), section 109(1) and paragraph 397 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c.39), section 15 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c.28), S.I. 2004/2540, S.I. 2010/64and section 132 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 23 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c.10).

(2) S.I. 2002/1837.

(3) Article 2 was amended by S.I. 2004/2468, S.I. 2004/3371and S.I. 2013/903.

(4) Part 1 of the Schedule was...

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