PART IIFINES AND PENALTIES

Financial and other penalties

Period of imprisonment for default4

1

In section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945F1 (powers of Crown Court or county courts in relation to fines and forfeited recognizances) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

2

The periods set out in the second column of the following Table shall be the maximum periods of imprisonment or detention which may be fixed under subsection (1)(c) applicable respectively to the amounts set out opposite thereto—

TABLE

An amount not exceeding £200

7 days

An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500

14 days

An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000

28 days

An amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500

45 days

An amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000

3 months

An amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000

6 months

An amount exceeding £10,000 but not exceeding £20,000

12 months

An amount exceeding £20,000 but not exceeding £50,000

18 months

An amount exceeding £50,000 but not exceeding £100,000

2 years

An amount exceeding £100,000 but not exceeding £250,000

3 years

An amount exceeding £250,000 but not exceeding £1 million

5 years

An amount exceeding £1 million

10 years

2

For the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981F2 (maximum periods of imprisonment for default in paying sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction), there shall be substituted the following Table—

TABLE

An amount not exceeding £200

7 days

An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500

14 days

An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000

28 days

An amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500

45 days

An amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000

3 months

An amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000

6 months

An amount exceeding £10,000

12 months