PART IIFINES AND PENALTIES
Financial and other penalties
Increase of certain maxima3.
(1)
In Article 4(8) of the Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (maximum fine on summary conviction of an offence punishable on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction), in the definition of “prescribed sum” for “£2,000” there shall be substituted “£5,000”.
(2)
“(2)
The standard scale is shown below—
Level on the scale
Amount of fine
1
£200
2
£500
3
£1,000
4
£2,500
5
£5,000”.
(3)
(a)
in paragraph (a) (maximum fine on summary conviction of a child) for “£100” there shall be substituted “£250”;
(b)
in paragraph (b) (maximum fine on summary conviction of a young person) for “£400” there shall be substituted “£1,000”.
(4)
(a)
in Article 54(1)(b)(i) (fine in lieu of imprisonment), for “£400” there shall be substituted “level 3 on the standard scale”;
(b)
in Article 119(1) (penalty for failure to appear or failure to comply), for “£50” there shall be substituted “level 4 on the standard scale”.
(5)
In the statutory provisions specified in column 1 of Schedule I (the general description of which is given in column 2 of that Schedule), for the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule.
Period of imprisonment for default4.
(1)
“(2)
The periods set out in the second column of the following Table shall be the maximum periods of imprisonment or detention which may be fixed under subsection (1)(c) applicable respectively to the amounts set out opposite thereto—
TABLE
An amount not exceeding £200
7 days
An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500
14 days
An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000
28 days
An amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500
45 days
An amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000
3 months
An amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000
6 months
An amount exceeding £10,000 but not exceeding £20,000
12 months
An amount exceeding £20,000 but not exceeding £50,000
18 months
An amount exceeding £50,000 but not exceeding £100,000
2 years
An amount exceeding £100,000 but not exceeding £250,000
3 years
An amount exceeding £250,000 but not exceeding £1 million
5 years
An amount exceeding £1 million
10 years”.
(2)
“TABLE
An amount not exceeding £200
7 days
An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500
14 days
An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000
28 days
An amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500
45 days
An amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000
3 months
An amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000
6 months
An amount exceeding £10,000
12 months”.
Fines on companies5.
(1)
“(4A)
Where—
(a)
the Crown Court has imposed a fine on a company; and
(b)
the court has issued a warrant of distress under section 3 of the Fines Act (Ireland) 1851 for the purpose of levying the amount of the fine; and
(c)
it appears on the return to the warrant that the money and goods of the company are insufficient to satisfy the amount of the fine with the costs and charges of levying the same,
the chief clerk may make an application in relation to the company under Article 22 or 104 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (administration or winding up).”.
(2)
“Fines imposed on companies92A.
(1)
Where—
(a)
a magistrates' court has, or is treated by any statutory provision as having, adjudged a company by a conviction to pay a sum; and
(b)
the court has issued a warrant of distress under Article 92(1)(a) for the purpose of levying the sum; and
(c)
it appears on the return to the warrant that the money and goods of the company are insufficient to satisfy the sum with the costs and charges of levying the same,
the clerk of petty sessions may make an application in relation to the company under Article 22 or 104 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (administration or winding up).”.