Part 1Criminal justice modernisation

Fixed penalties

8Increase of fixed penalty limit

(1)

In section 302 (fixed penalties) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995—

(a)

in subsection (7A), for “£300 or such higher sum as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify” substitute “£500”,

(b)

after subsection (7A), insert—

“(7B)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (7A) so as to substitute for the sum for the time being specified there a higher sum.”,

(c)

in subsection (8), for “or (7A)” substitute “or regulations under subsection (7B)”.

(2)

In the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Fixed Penalty Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/108), for the schedule substitute—

“ScheduleThe scale of fixed penalties

Article 2

Level on the scale

Amount of fixed penalty

1

£50

2

£75

3

£100

4

£150

5

£200

6

£250

7

£300

8

£400

9

£500”.