Control of Pollution Act 1974

19 (1) In subsection (1) of section 27 of the Clean Air Act 1956 (under which a person is on summary conviction liable in respect of an emission of dark smoke from a building to a fine not exceeding £20 in the case of an emission from a private dwelling and not exceeding £100 in the case of other emissions) for the word " £20 " there shall be substituted the word " £100 " and for the words " one hundred pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £400 or, in the case of an offence under that section as applied to vessels by section 20 of this Act, £1,000 ".

(2) In subsection (2) of that section (under which a person who fails to notify the local authority of the installation of a furnace or who occupies a building in a smoke control area from which smoke is emitted is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20) for the word " £20 " there shall be substituted the word " £100 ".

(3) In subsection (3) of that section (under which a person who unlawfully discloses information furnished or obtained under that Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months) for the words from " one hundred pounds " onwards there shall be substituted the word " £400 ".

(4) In subsection (4) of that section (under which a person who is guilty of any other offence under that Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100) for the words " one hundred pounds " in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the word " £400 " and for the words " twenty pounds " there shall be substituted the word " £50 ".