Part VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary
Power to alter sums specified in certain provisions
143F1 Power to alter sums specified in certain provisions. C1
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If it appears to the Secretary of State that there has been a change in the value of money since the relevant date, he may by order substitute for the sum or sums for the time being specified in any provision mentioned in subsection (2) below such other sum or sums as appear to him justified by the change.
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The said provisions are—
a
section 22 (1) above;
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section 24(3) and (4) above;
b
the definition of “the prescribed sum" in section 32(9) above;
c
paragraph (a) of section 33(1) above
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section 34(3)(b) above;
cb
section 36 above;
d
section 40(1) above;
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section 59B(3) above;
e
the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
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any provision mentioned in Schedule 6A to this Act;
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h
paragraph 14(1) of that Schedule and paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 4A to the Naval Discipline Act M31957 (recognizance from parents and guardians);
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section 2(13) of the Children and Young Persons Act M41969 (recognizance from parents and guardians);
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the Table in section 31(3A) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act M51973;
k
section 8(1)(b) of the Armed Forces Act M61976 (maximum fine awarded by Standing Civilian Courts);
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section 37(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
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section 58(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recognisance from parents or guardians);
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column 5 or 6 of Schedule 4 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 so far as the column in question relates to the offences under provisions of that Act specified in column 1 of that Schedule in respect of which the maximum fines were increased by Part II of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
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In subsection (1) above the “relevant date” means—
a
the date of the coming into force of section 17 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (increase of certain maxima); or
b
where the sums specified in a provision mentioned in subsection (2) above have been substituted by an order under subsection (1) above, the date of that order.
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An order under subsection (1) F13 above—
a
shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and may be revoked by a subsequent order thereunder; and
b
shall not affect the punishment for an offence committed before that order comes into force.