Criminal Law Act 1977

32 Other provisions as to maximum fines

(1) Where a person convicted on indictment of any offence (whether triable only on indictment or either way) would, apart from this subsection, be liable to a fine not exceeding a specified amount, he shall by virtue of this subsection be liable to a fine of any amount.

(2) In section 27(3) of the [1952 c. 55.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (power of a magistrates' court to fine an offender up to £100 where it would otherwise only have power to sentence him to imprisonment or other detention), for the words from " impose a fine " onwards there shall be substituted the words " impose a fine which—

(a) for an offence triable either way, shall not exceed the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 28 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 ; and

(b) for a summary offence, shall—

(i) not exceed £200 ; and

(ii) not be of such an amount as would subject the offender, in default of payment of the fine, to a longer term of imprisonment or detention than the term to which he is liable on conviction of the offence.".

(3) In paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the [1972 c. 68.] European Communities Act 1972, for the words " £5 a day " (which give the maximum daily fine with which an offence created under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act can under those powers be made punishable on summary conviction) there shall be substituted the words " £100 a day ".