SCHEDULE 4Consequential amendments: fines or maximum fines of numerical amounts of £5,000 or more

Part 1

Public General Acts

Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c.84)I14

1

The Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 is amended as follows.

2

In section 11 (penalties for offences)37, in subsection (1), for the words from “under this Act” to the end substitute “under sections 1 to 7 of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.”.

3

In section 15 (powers of British sea-fishery officers for enforcement of Act)38—

a

in subsection (2C), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”;

b

in subsection (2D), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

c

in subsection (2E), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

4

In section 16 (enforcement of orders under sections 1 and 2)39—

a

in subsection (1A), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

b

in subsection (1B), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.