Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

1 E+W Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the periods set out in the second column of the following Table shall be the maximum periods applicable respectively to the amounts set out opposite thereto, being amounts due at the time the imprisonment [F1 or detention] is imposed.

Table

[F2 An amount not exceeding £200]	[F2 7 days]
[F2 An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500]	[F2 14 days]
[F2 An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000]	[F2 28 days]
[F2 An amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500]	[F2 45 days]
[F2 An amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000]	[F2 3 months]
[F3 An amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000]	[6 months]
An amount exceeding [F4 £10,000]	12 months

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 59

F2 Entries in Sch. 4 para. 1 substituted (1.10.1992) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 23(1), (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2

F3 Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33, SIF 39:1), ss. 60(1), 123(6), Sch.8 para. 16

F4 Sum substituted by S.I. 1984/447, art. 2(2), Sch. 3