Part 2

Criminal Justice

Surcharges

Increase in maximum on-the-spot penalty for disorderly behaviour
15
1
In Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) (on-the-spot penalties for disorderly behaviour), section 3 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2) (maximum penalty that may be prescribed), at the end insert “ plus a half of the relevant surcharge ”.
3
After that subsection insert—
2A
The “relevant surcharge”, in relation to a person of a given age, is the amount payable by way of surcharge under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 by a person of that age who is fined the maximum amount for the offence.
S. 15 in force at 1.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/1697, art. 2