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