37Certain either way offences relating to motor vehicles to be summary offences
(1)In section 12 of the [1968 c. 60.] Theft Act 1968 (taking motor vehicle or other conveyance without authority etc.)—
(a)in subsection (2), for the words “on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.” there shall be substituted the words “be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.”; and
(b)at the end of subsection (4) there shall be added the words “and if he is found guilty of it, he shall be liable as he would have been liable under subsection (2) above on summary conviction.”.
(2)In Schedule 4 to the [1972 c. 20.] Road Traffic Act 1972 (prosecution and punishment of offences) as it applies in England and Wales, the following shall be substituted for columns 3 and 4 of the entry relating to offences under section 99(b) (driving while disqualified)—
| “Summarily | 6 months or level 5 on the standard scale or both.”. |