SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 3 Increase of Fines

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Part I Increase of fines fixed by enactments

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entries relating to 1 & 2 Wm. 4 c. 43, the Pound-breach Act 1843, the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1928, the Local Governement Act 1933, the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 and the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Group 1

F4

Entries in Sch. 3 Pt. I repealed (15.7.1992) by Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), s. 68(1), Sch. 4 Pt. I; S.I. 1992/1347, art. 2, Sch.

F5

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))

F6

Entries repealed (E.W.S.) by Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 (c. 42), Sch.

F8

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X, Group 2

F13

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to the Allotments Act 1922 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. III

F41

Entries in Sch. 3 Pt. I omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(r), Sch. 23 para. 34(4)

F15

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F17

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to s. 10 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303(4), 307(1), 307(3), Sch. 19 para. 40, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch. 1

F18

Entry repealed by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), s. 90, Sch. 6

F19

Entry relating to Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892, (c. 55) repealed (prosp.) by Controll of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s.108, Sch. 4

F21

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entries relating to the Trade Marks Act 1938 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2

F22

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to the Education Act 1944 repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt. I (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)

F23

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to s. 40(1) of the Education Act 1944 repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 303(4), 307(1), 307(3), Sch. 19 para. 40, Sch. 21 Pt. I; S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch. 1

F24

Entries repealed by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), s. 90, Sch. 6

F26

Entries repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), Sch. 10

F27

Entries repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), Sch. 10

F31

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entries repealed (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 130(1), Sch. 9; S.I. 2001/878, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-17)

F32

Entries repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), Sch. 10

F33

Sch. 3 Pt. I: entry relating to s. 19(3) of the Pharmacy Act 1954 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

F40

Entries repealed by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), s. 89, Sch. 6

Marginal Citations

Enactment

Description of Offence

Old fine or maximum fine

New maximum fine

The London Hackney Carriage Act 1831, c. 22.

Section 35

Cab driver refusing to go with any person desirous of hiring.

£2

£10

F1. . .

The Game (Scotland) Act 1832, c. 68.

Section 1

Day trespass in pursuit of game, etc.

£2, or £5 if in disguise or in group of five or more

£20 or £50 respectively.

The Highway Act 1835, c. 50

Section 72

Miscellaneous offences on the highway, including riding on the footpath, tethering animals and damaging or obstructing the highway.

£2

£10

Section 78

Miscellaneous offences by drivers of carriages on the highway, including negligent and furious driving and failing to keep to the left.

£5 where the driver is not the owner, and £10 where he is the owner.

£20

The Metropolitan Police Act 1839, c. 47

Section 44

Keepers of refreshment houses permitting drunkenness, disorderly conduct, etc., on the premises.

£5

£20

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F3

. . . F3

. . . F3

. . . F3

F1. . .

The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, c. 86.

Section 10

Persons acting as drivers without licences and tickets, transferring or lending licences and tickets and proprietors suffering unlicensed persons to act as drivers.

£5 except for offences by proprietors and £10 for offences by proprietors.

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 14

False representations, etc., in connection with applications for licences.

£5

£50

Section 17

Failure by driver to wear ticket.

£2

£10

Section 33

Miscellaneous offences by cab drivers including loitering, causing obstruction and overcharging.

£ 1

£10

F4. . .

F4. . .

F4. . .

F4. . .

The Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847, c. 27.

Section 28

Unjustified claims for exemption from harbour rates.

£10

£50

Section 38

Masters of ships giving no account, or false account, of cargo unshipped.

£10

£50

Section 39

Shippers of goods giving no account, or false account, of cargo shipped.

£10

£50

The Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, c. 34.

Section 65

Occupier failing after notice to mark house with approved number or to renew approved number thereon.

£2

£20

The Cemetries Clauses Act 1847, c.65

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

Section 59

Playing games, etc., discharging firearms, disturbing persons assembled for burial, or committing nuisance in cemetary.

£5

£10

The Town Police Clauses Act 1847, c. 89.

Section 21

Contravention of orders made for regulating traffic and preventing obstruction in streets.

£2

£20

Section 28

Miscellaneous offences in thoroughfares, including obstruction, furious driving and discharging firearms.

£2

£20

Section 35

Keepers of refreshment houses harbouring prositutes and thieves.

£5

£20

Section 40

Mis-statements and omissions in applications for hackney carriage licences.

£10

£20

Section 45

Plying for hire without a licence.

£2

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 47

Persons acting as cab drivers without a licence, lending licences and proprietors employing unlicensed drivers.

£1

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 53

Cab driver refusing to drive.

£2

£10

Section 58

Cab proprietor or driver overcharging.

£2

£10

The London Hackney Carriage Act 1853, c. 33.

Section 11

Failure by drivers and others to hand in property left in cabs and omnibuses.

£2

£10

Section 17

Miscellaneous offences by drivers and conductors, including overcharging and refusing passengers or luggage.

£2

£10

Section 19

Offences for which no specific penalty is imposed.

£2

£10

The Inclosure Act 1857, c. 31.

Section 12

Damaging or causing nuisances on town and village greens.

£2

£20

The Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860, c. 32.

Section 2

Riotous or indecent behaviour in churches, burial grounds, etc., and harassing authorised preachers.

£5

£20

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Poaching (Prevention) Act 1862, c. 114.

Section 2

Simple poaching

£5

£50

F5. . .

F5. . .

F5. . .

F5. . .

F5. . .

The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865, c. 56.

Section 4

Miscellaneous offences of trespass.

£1 for a first offence and £2 for a second or subsequent offence.

£10

The Metropolitan Streets Act 1867, c. 134.

Section 6

Obstruction by unnecessary deposit of goods, etc., on footways, etc.

£2

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 9

Displaying unapproved advertisements.

10s. 0d.

£10

The Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, c. 115.

Section 7

Unlicensed hackney carriage plying for hire or using cab stand.

£5 for every day when carriage plies for hire or for every occasion when found on the stand.

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 8

Driving hackney or stage carriage when unlicensed.

£2

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

The Tramways Act 1870, c. 78.

Section 51

Non-payment of fares

£2

£20

The Explosives Act 1875, c. 17.

Section 31

Sale of gunpowder to child apparently under thirteen.

£5

£20

Section 33

Contravention of general rules as to packing of gunpowder for conveyance.

£20

£100

Section 80

Throwing fireworks in the street.

£5

£20

The Post Office (Protection) Act 1884, c. 76.

Section 11

(a) Forgery, etc., of telegram.

£10

£100

(b) Improper disclosure of telegram by employee of telegraphic company.

£20

£100

. . . F6

. . . F6

. . . F6

. . . F6

The Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act 1889, c. 72.

Section 3(2)

Failure to notify notifiable disease.

£2

£10

. . . F7

. . . F7

. . . F7

. . . F7

The Military Lands Act 1892, c. 43.

Section 17

Contravention of byelaws

£5

£20

F8. . .

The Uniforms Act 1894, c. 45.

Section 2

Wearing a military uniform, etc., without authority.

£5

£50

Section 3

Wearing a military or naval uniform, etc., without authority in a manner likely to bring contempt on the uniform, or employing another for that purpose.

£10

£50

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The London Cab Act 1896, c. 27.

Section 1

Hirer defrauding cab driver.

£2

£10

The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, c. 38.

Section 22 (as extended by section 1(5) of the M1Noise Abatement Act 1960).

Causing or negligently allowing nuisances.

£5

£20

Section 40

Failure to comply with notice requiring houses in filthy state to be purified.

10s. 0d. for each day on which offence continues.

£20

Section 56

Exposure by any person of others to risk of infection by himself or by a person in his care, and transmitting or exposure of infectious articles.

£5

£10

Section 163

Offences for which no pecuniary penalty is provided, obstruction of persons executing Act, and contravention of regulations.

£5

£10 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.

The Dogs Act 1906, c. 32.

Section 6

Allowing carcasses of cattle to lie unburied in field to which dogs have access.

£2

£10

. . . F9

. . . F9

. . . F9

. . . F9

The Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907, c. 53.

Section 94

Letting for hire or carrying passengers in an unlicensed pleasure boat or exceeding authorised number of passengers.

£2

£50

The Commons Act 1908, c. 44.

Section 1(2)

Owner turning out animal on a common in contravention of regulations and any person obstructing execution of regulations.

£2

£20

. . . F10

. . . F10

. . . F10

. . . F10

The Perjury Act 1911, c. 6.

Section 3 (as extended and amended by section 28(1) and (3) of the M2Criminal Justice Act 1925).

Making false oaths and statements with reference to marriages.

£50

£100

Section 4 (as amended by section 28(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925).

Making false statements with reference to births and deaths.

£50

£100

. . . F11

. . . F11

. . . F11

. . . F11

. . . F12

. . . F12

. . . F12

. . . F12

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Ferries (Acquisition by Local Authorities) Act 1919, c. 75.

Section 4

Fraudulent claims for exemption from payment of tolls.

£10

£20

The Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919, c. 97.

Section 22(2)

Damaging crops in allotments.

£5

£20

The Census Act 1920, c. 41.

Section 8(1)

Miscellaneous offences including making a false declaration, delivering a false document and giving a false answer.

£10

£50

F13. . .

The Law of Property Act 1925, c. 20

Section 193(4)

Unauthorised driving, camping, etc., on common land.

£2

£20

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Criminal Justice Act 1925, c. 86.

Section 37

Unlawful possession of pension documents as securities for debts.

£20

£100

Section 38(1)

Making or using imitation bank notes.

£5

£20

Section 38(2)

Refusal by person whose name appears on an imitation bank note to give name and address of printer.

£10

£20

. . . F14

. . . F14

. . . F14

. . . F14

The Parks Regulations (Amendment) Act 1926, c. 36.

Section 2(1)

Contravention of regulations.

£5

£20

The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, c. 48.

Section 1

Disposal of body without a registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order.

£10

£20

Section 4

Removal of body out of England without complying with the relevant requirements.

£10

£50

Section 11

Contravention of other provisions of Act.

£2

£10

The Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act 1927, c. 12.

Section 1

Dealer giving or any person accepting reward for abstention from bidding.

£100

£400

The Superannuation and Other Trust Funds (Validation) Act 1927, c. 41.

Section 7

Default in complying with requirements of Act, including requirements as to accounts and reports.

£5

£10

F41. . .

F1. . .

F15. . .

. . . F16

. . . F16

. . . F16

. . . F16

F41. . .

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Children and Young Persons Act 1933, c. 12.

Section 5

Giving intoxicating liquor, or causing it to be given, to a child under a five.

£3

£10

F17. . .

F17. . .

F17. . .

F17. . .

Section 23 (as amended by section 64 (1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 5 to the M3Children and Young Persons Act 1963).

Any person procuring or parent allowing person under sixteen to take part in dangerous public performances.

£10 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

£50 for a first offence and £100 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 24(1)

Any person procuring or parent allowing person under twelve or unlicensed person under sixteen to be trained for dangerous performances.

£5 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F18

. . . F18

. . . F18

. . . F18

F1. . .

F19The Public Health Act 1936, c. 49.

F19Section 76(3)

F19Sorting over or disturbing dustbins or material deposited on a refuse tip.

F19£5

F19£10

F19Section 83(2)

F19Failure to comply with notice requiring cleansing of filthy or verminous premises.

F19£5

F19£20

F19Section 94(2)

F19Failure to abate or to remove danger of recurrence of nuisance.

F19£5

F19£20

F19Section 95(1) (both as originally enacted and as applied by s. 16(1) of the M4Clean Air Act 1956).

F19Contravention, etc., of nuisance order, including a smoke nuisance order.

F19£5 and in addition £2 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof under the section as originally enacted, and £10 and £5 respectively under the section as s o applied.

F19£50 and in addition £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof.

. . . F20

. . . F20

. . . F20

. . . F20

Section 246

Offences in connection with common lodging houses, including failure to keep premises suitably equipped and false statements in application for registration.

£5

£10

Section 269(7)

Contravention of provisions and conditions of licences as to keeping and use of movable dwellings.

£5

£20

Section 288

Obstruction of persons executing Act or subordinate instruments.

£5 and in addition £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof.

£10 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.

The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, c. 37.

Section 16

Giving intoxicating liquor, or causing it to be given, to a child under five.

£3

£10

Section 21(1)(as amended by Schedule 4 to the M5Education (Scotland) Act 1945).

Vagrant preventing child or young person from receiving education.

£ 1

£10

Section 33 (as amended by Schedule 3 to the M6Children and Young Persons Act 1963).

Any person procuring or parent allowing person under sixteen to take part in dangerous public performances.

£10 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

£50 for a first offence and £100 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 34(1)

Any person procuring or parent allowing person under twelve or unlicensed person under sixteen to be trained for dangerous performances.

£5 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.

£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.

Section 76(5)

Failure to comply with order to produce a child or young person to be sent to an approved school.

£ 5

£20

Section 86(5)

Failure to comply with order to produce a child or young person who has escaped from an approved school.

£ 5

£20

Section 91(7)

Failure of person making payments under a contribution order to notify change of address to recipient.

£2

£10

Section 92(2)(b)

Failure to notify change of address by a father making payments under a decree for aliment to a person entitled by virtue of a contribution order.

£2

£10

F21. . .

F21. . .

F21. . .

F21. . .

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

F22. . .

F22. . .

F22. . .

F22. . .

F23. . .

F23. . .

F23. . .

F23. . .

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F24

. . . F24

. . . F24

. . . F24

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Marriage Act 1949, c. 76.

Section 76(2)

Refusal or failure to make and deliver a copy of entries in the marriage register book or a certificate that no entries have been made.

£10

£20

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F25

. . . F25

. . . F25

. . . F25

The National Parks Act 1949, c. 97.

Section 57

Erecting a misleading notice likely to deter the public from using a public footpath.

£ 5

£20

. . . F26

. . . F26

. . . F26

. . . F26

. . . F27

. . . F27

. . . F27

. . . F27

. . . F28

. . . F28

. . . F28

. . . F28

. . . F29

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F29

. . . F29

. . . F29

. . . F29

. . . F30

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F30

. . . F30

. . . F30

. . . F30

The Prison Act 1952, c. 52.

Section 40

Unlawful introduction of liquor or tobacco into prison.

£20

£50

Section 41

Unlawful conveyance of letters or other articles into prison.

£10

£50

F1. . ..

The Prevention of Crime Act 1953, c. 14.

Section 1(1)

Carrying an offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.

£50

£200

The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, c. 20.

Section 36

Failure to give information and similar offences.

£2

In the case of an offence under paragraph (c), £20 and in any other case £10.

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

F31. . . .

F31. . .

F31. . .

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F32

. . . F32

. . . F32

. . . F32

The Pharmacy Act 1954, c. 61.

F33. . .

F33. . . ”

F33. . .

F33. . .

Section 20(2)

Forgery or imitation of a certificate issued under the Pharmacy Acts.

£20

£100

Section 20(3)

Failure to surrender certificate of registration.

£5

£10

. . . F34

. . . F34

. . . F34

. . . F34

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957, c. 55.

Section 9(2)

Failure by putative father to notify change of address.

£2

£10

The Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, c. 40.

Section 10(6)

Parent’s failure to give address for time being to local authority having his child in care.

£5

£10

The Agricultural Marketing Act 1958, c. 47.

Section 6(6)

Sale of regulated product by producer in contravention of a scheme under the section.

£5 and an additional fine not exceeding half the price at which the product was sold subject to a limit of £100 on the fines which may be imposed for any one offence under the subsection.

£20 and an additional fine not exceeding half the price at which the product was sold subject to a limit of £200 on the fines which may be imposed for any one offence under the subsection.

Section 45(6)

Failing to give information or giving false information to an agricultural marketing board.

£20

£50

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F35

. . . F35

. . . F35

. . . F35

. . . F36

. . . F36

. . . F36

. . . F36

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Indecency with Children Act 1960, c. 33.

Section 1(1)

Indecent conduct with or towards child under fourteen.

£100

£400

. . . F37

. . . F37

. . . F37

. . . F37

F1. . .

. . . F38

. . . F38

. . . F38

. . . F38

. . . F39

. . . F39

. . . F39

. . . F39

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F40

. . . F40

. . . F40

. . . F40

The Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, c. 12.

Section 61

Failing to give required notices, etc., or to furnish required information, and making false returns.

£5

£10

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

. . . F2

The Forestry Act 1967, c. 10.

Section 30(5)

Failure to give information or making misstatements as to interests in land.

£5

£10

Section 46(5)

Offences against byelaws.

£10 in the case of byelaws for the New Forest and £5 in other cases.

£20 in all cases.

Section 48(3)

Obstruction of officers of Forestry Commissioners.

£5

£20