Transport Act 1982

63 Amendment of certain penalties in the 1972 Act

(1) In Part I of Schedule 4 to the 1972 Act (prosecution and punishment of offences), column 4 of the entry relating to section 40(5) (contravention of construction and use regulations) shall be amended as follows—

(a) for " £400 ", in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted " £1,000 ";

(b) for " £100 " there shall be substituted " £500 "; and

(c) after the words "goods vehicle", in the first place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words " or a vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers ".

(2) In column 4 of the entry in Part I of Schedule 4 relating to section 44(1) of that Act (using, etc., a vehicle without required test certificate being in force) for " £100 " there shall be substituted—

“(a) £500, in the case of a vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers ; and

(b) £200 in any other case.”.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to offences committed before it comes into operation.