Marginal Citations
19(1)In subsection (1) of section 27 of the Clean Air Act 1956 (under which a person is on summary conviction liable in respect of an emission of dark smoke from a building to a fine not exceeding £20 in the case of an emission from a private dwelling and not exceeding £100 in the case of other emissions) for the word “£20” there shall be substituted the word “£100” and for the words “one hundred pounds” there shall be substituted the words “£400 or, in the case of an offence under that section as applied to vessels by section 20 of this Act, £1,000”.
(2)in subsection (2) of that section (under which a person who fails to notify the local authority of the installation of a furnace or who occupies a building in a smoke control area from which smoke is emitted is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20) for the word “£20” there shall be substituted the word “£100”.
(3)In subsection (3) of that section (under which a person who unlawfully discloses information furnished or obtained under that Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months) for the words from “one hundred pounds” onwards there shall be substituted the word “£400”.
(4)In subsection (4) of that section (under which a person who is guilty of any other offence under that Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100) for the words “one hundred pounds” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the word “£400” and for the words “twenty pounds” there shall be substituted the word “£50”.