PART 7 U.K.Miscellaneous and general

(1)In relation to offences committed before [F12 May 2022], the reference in section 10(5)(b) to [F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court] is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

(2)In relation to offences committed before section 85(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force—

(a)the reference in section 10(5)(b) to a fine is to be read as a reference to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)paragraph 15(3)(b) of Schedule 1 has effect as if the words “in Scotland or Northern Ireland” were omitted.

(3)The amendments made by subsections (3) and (4) of section 17 apply only to things done and offences committed after that section comes into force.

(4)A reference to a calendar year in the following subsections does not include a year before 2016—

(a)subsection (3) of section 44;

(b)subsection (4C) of section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (inserted by section 45(1) above);

F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)subsection (2) of section 20 of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (substituted by section 45(3) above).

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