Diseases of Fish Act 1983

6 (1) Section 8 of the 1937 Act (penalties and legal proceedings) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (amount of fine) for the words from the beginning to " ; and " there shall be substituted " Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (as defined in section 75 of the [1982 c. 48.] Criminal Justice Act 1982); and " .

(3) In subsection (2) (water authorities' power to enforce Act as respects waters in their areas) for " waters " there shall be substituted " inland waters " .

(4) In subsection (3) (prosecution of offences in Scotland etc.) for " Scotland " there shall be substituted " inland waters in Scotland " and for " waters " there shall be substituted " inland waters " .

(5) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(4) For the purposes of and incidental to the jurisdiction of any magistrates' court or, in Scotland, of the sheriff, any offence under this Act committed in the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain shall be taken to have been committed in any place in which the offender may for the time being be found.”