Telecommunications Act 1984

2 The following subsections shall be added at the end of section 14 of the 1949 Act—

“(8) In this section " the statutory maximum " and " the standard scale "—

(a) as respects England and Wales and Scotland, have the meanings respectively given by sections 74 and 75 of the [1982 c. 48.] Criminal Justice Act 1982 ; and

(b) as respects Northern Ireland, have the same meanings respectively as they have by virtue of those sections in relation to England and Wales (reading references to England and Wales as references to Northern Ireland).

(9) For the purposes of the application of those sections by virtue of subsection (8)(b) above—

(a) section 32(9) of the [1980 c. 43.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (definition of " the prescribed sum " for provisions relating to penalties on summary conviction for offences triable either way);

(b) section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (the standard scale of fines for summary offences); and

(c) any order under section 143 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 that alters the sum specified in section 32(9) of that Act or the sums specified in section 37(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 ;

shall extend to Northern Ireland.”.