The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Youth Conditional Cautions: Financial Penalties) Order 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Youth Conditional Cautions: Financial Penalties) Order 2009 and comes into force on 16 November 2009.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1968 Act” means the Theft Act 1968(1);

“the 1971 Act” means the Criminal Damage Act 1971(2);

“the 1986 Act” means the Public Order Act 1986(3);

“the 1998 Act” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998;

“the 2006 Act” means the Fraud Act 2006(4); and

“excluded offence” means—

(i)

loitering or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution contrary to section 1 of the Street Offences Act 1959(5);

(ii)

any offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988(6); or

(iii)

any offence under the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(7).

Prescribed offences and financial penalties

2.—(1) The offences and the description of offences listed in the Schedules to this Order are prescribed for the purposes of section 66C(1) of the 1998 Act.

(2) Each offence listed in Schedule 1 includes an attempt to commit that offence.

(3) The maximum amount, for the purposes of section 66C(2) of the 1998 Act, in respect of each of the offences or description of offences listed in Schedule 1 to this Order is £75.

(4) The maximum amount, for the purposes of section 66C(2) of the 1998 Act, in respect of each of the offences or description of offences listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, is the amount listed in column 2 of that Schedule.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Maria Eagle

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

15th October 2009