[289E Penalties for first and subsequent convictions of summary offences to be the same. S
(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (4) and (6) below, this section applies where any Act—
(a)makes a person liable on conviction of an offence triable only summarily to a penalty or a maximum penalty; or
(b)confers a power by subordinate instrument to make a person liable on conviction of an offence triable only summarily (whether or not created by the instrument) to a penalty or a maximum penalty
which is different in the case of a second or subsequent conviction from the penalty or maximum penalty provided or for which provision may be made in the case of a first conviction.
(2)Where the penalty or maximum penalty for an offence to which section 457A(1)(b) of this Act applies has not been altered by any enactment passed or made after 29th July 1977 (the date of the passing of the Criminal Law Act 1977), this section applies as if the amount referred to in subsection (5)(a) below were the greatest amount to which a person would have been liable on any conviction immediately before that date.
(3)Where any Act—
(a)provides or confers a power to provide for a penalty or a maximum penalty which would, but for the operation of section 289C(5) of this Act, be different in the case of a second or subsequent conviction from the penalty or maximum penalty provided for or for which provision may be made in the case of a first conviction; and
(b)otherwise fulfils the conditions of subsection (1) above;
this section applies to that penalty or maximum penalty as if the amount referred to in subsection (5)(a) below were the greatest amount to which a person would have been liable or could have been made liable on any conviction immediately before the commencement of the said section 289C.
(4)This section does not apply to—
(a)section 290 of this Act (imprisonment for certain offences);
(b)section 78 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (vandalism); or
(c)an enactment mentioned in Schedule 7D to this Act.
(5)Where this section applies the maximum penalty to which a person is or may be made liable by or under the Act in the case of any conviction shall be either or both of—
(a)a fine not exceeding the greatest amount;
(b)imprisonment for a term not exceeding the longest term (if any)
to which an offender would have been liable or could have been made liable on any conviction (whether the first or a second or subsequent conviction) by or under the Act immediately before the commencement of this section.
(6)This section does not affect the penalty which may be imposed in respect of an offence committed before it comes into force.]
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