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Penalties for certain offences

4.—(1) In section 57 of the principal Act, for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

(2) A person who contravenes a byelaw made under this section shall be guilty of an offence and, subject to subsection (2A), shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding £10 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.

(2A) Byelaws made under this section may, for offences under subsection (2) in relation to the byelaws, fix lower maximum fines than the sums mentioned in that subsection.

(2) In section 65(1) of the principal Act, for the words from “to a fine” onwards there shall be substituted the words “to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”.