Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002

1 Penalties for criminal offences U.K.

(1) The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) (in this Act referred to as the “1988 Act”) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 107(4)(b) (criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles, etc.), for “two” substitute “ ten ”.

(3) In section 198(5)(b) (criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings), for “two” substitute “ ten ”.

(4) In section 297A(2) (criminal liability in relation to unauthorised decoders)—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;”;

and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “two” substitute “ ten ”.

(5) This section does not have effect in relation to any offence committed before the commencement of this section.