The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 No. 664

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

Part 1 E+W

Public General Acts E+W

Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 (c.48) E+W

17.—(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)(1) —

(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)(2) —

(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”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 17 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 107(4A) was inserted by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), regulation 26. Section 107(4)(a) and (4A)(a) were amended by the Digital Economy Act 2010 (c.24), section 42.

(2)

Section 198(5A) was inserted by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), regulation 26. Section 198(5) and (5A) were amended by the Digital Economy Act 2010 (c.24), section 42.