PART III

Fines etc.

Increase of fines

Special cases
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1
Section 38 above does not apply—
a
to any enactment specified in Schedule 2 to this Act; or
b
to the following enactments—
i
sections 40(5) and 44(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972;
ii
any enactment specified in the Schedule to the London Transport Act 1977 or in Schedule 1 to the British Railways Act 1977 to the extent that the enactment was amended by section 12(1) of the former Act or section 13(1) of the latter;
iii
any enactment specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1977.
2
The enactments specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 to this Act, which relate to the maximum fines for the offences mentioned (and broadly described) in column 1 of that Schedule, shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed on conviction of any offence so mentioned were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3.
3
The enactments specified in column 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act, which relate to certain maximum fines that may be imposed on a person otherwise than on conviction of an offence, their broad effect being described in column 1 of that Schedule, shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3.
1972 c. 20.
1977 c. xii.
1977 c. xvii.
1977 c. xv.