Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

45 Incitement.E+W

(1)Any offence consisting in the incitement to commit a summary offence shall be triable only summarily.

(2)Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any other enactment by virtue of which any offence is triable only summarily.

(3)On conviction of an offence consisting in the incitement to commit a summary offence a person shall be liable to the same penalties as he would be liable to on conviction of the last-mentioned offence.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 45(3) excluded by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), ss. 12(10), 13(13), 14(10)

S. 45(3) excluded by 1986 c. 64, s. 14B(7) (as inserted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, s.70)

S. 45(3) excluded (1.8.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 136(4), 178; S.I. 2005/1521 {art. 4(1)} (subject to art. 4(2))