Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

[F1Schedule 6AE+W FINES THAT MAY BE ALTERED UNDER SECTION 143

EnactmentMaximum fine
F2. . .F2. . .F2. . .
ATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS ACT 1971 (c.32) Section 23(3) (judge’s fine) £250
F2. . .F2. . .
MAGISTRATES’ COURTS ACT 1980 (c.43) Section 63(3)(a) (disobedience of orders other than payment of money) Section 97(4) (refusal to give evidence etc.)£5,000 £2,500
CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT 1981 (c.49) Section 12(2) (contempt in face of magistrates’ court) Section 14(2) (contempt in an inferior court)£2,500 £2,500

Textual Amendments

F2Entries in Sch. 6A repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 80(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I

EnactmentMaximum fine
F2. . .F2. . .
COUNTY COURTS ACT 1984 (c.28) Section 55(2) (neglect or refusal to give evidence) Section 118(1) (contempt in face of court)£1,000 £2,500
CORONERS ACT 1988 (c.13) Sections 10(1) and (2) and 21(5) (refusal to give evidence etc.)£1,000
F2. . .F2. . .]
[F3 POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000
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F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In Schedule 5, paragraph 2(1) (failure to comply with attendance centre order or attendance centre rules)£1,000
F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F6In Schedule 8, paragraph 2(2)(a)(i) (failure to comply with reparation order)][F6£1,000 ]]

Textual Amendments

F3Entry in Sch. 6A inserted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 80(2)

F5Entries in Sch. 6A repealed (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 6, 149, 153, Sch. 4 para. 24, Sch. 28 Pt. 1, (with Sch. 27 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2