(1)Byelaws made by a legislating authority under any enactment may provide that persons contravening the byelaws are liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(2)The fine must not exceed either –
(a)the sum fixed by the enactment which confers the power to make the byelaws, or
(b)if no sum is so fixed, level 2 on the standard scale.
(3)In the case of a continuing offence, the byelaws may provide that the offender is liable on summary conviction to a further fine.
(4)The further fine must not exceed either –
(a)the sum fixed by the enactment which confers the power to make the byelaws, or
(b)if no sum is so fixed, the sum of £5 for each day during which the offence continues after conviction for that offence.
A byelaw made under section 2 may include provision for or in connection with –
(a)the seizure and retention of any property in connection with any contravention of the byelaw, and
(b)the forfeiture of any such property on a person’s conviction of an offence of contravention of the byelaw.