17U.K.In section 193A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (fines on conviction on indictment to be without limit)—
(a)at the beginning, insert “(1)";
(b)for the words “section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980" substitute the words “section 457A(4) of this Act";
(c)after the word “fine” where first occurring insert the words “of or";
(d)for the word “section" in the second and third places where it occurs substitute the words “subsection";
(e)at the end, insert the following new subsection—
“(2)Where any Act confers a power by subordinate instrument to make a person liable on conviction on indictment of any offence mentioned in subsection (1) above to a fine or a maximum fine of a specified amount, or which shall not exceed a specified amount, the fine which may be provided in the exercise of that power shall by virtue of this subsection be a fine of an unlimited amount.”