9. For paragraphs (4) and (5) of Article 17 of the Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984(1) there shall be substituted—
“(4) The Secretary of State may by order amend a statutory provision specifying a sum to which this paragraph applies so as to substitute for that sum such other sum as appears to him—
(a)to be justified by a change in the value of money appearing to him to have taken place since the last occasion on which the sum in question was fixed; or
(b)to be appropriate to take account of an order which has been made or is proposed to be made altering the statutory maximum or, as the case may be, the standard scale.
(5) Paragraph (4) applies to—
(a)any sum which is specified as—
(i)the maximum fine which may be imposed on summary conviction in respect of an offence punishable on indictment or on summary conviction; and
(ii)is higher than the statutory maximum;
(b)any sum which is specified as—
(i)the maximum fine which may be imposed on conviction of an offence punishable on summary conviction only; and
(ii)is higher than level 5 on the standard scale.”.