SCHEDULE 4Consequential amendments: fines or maximum fines of numerical amounts of £5,000 or more

Part 1

Public General Acts

Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 (c.48)I117

1

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is amended as follows.

2

In section 107 (criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles, etc)52

a

in subsection (4)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

b

in subsection (4A)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”.

3

In section 198 (criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings)53

a

in subsection (5)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

b

in subsection (5A)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”.