Part VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Power to alter sums specified in certain provisions

143Power 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;

F18aza

section 22A(3)(a) above;

F2aa

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

F3ca

section 34(3)(b) above;

F4cb

section 131(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (limit on compensation order of magistrates’ court);

F4d

section 135 of that Act; (limit on fine imposed on young offender by magistrates’ court);

F5da

section 1AB(3) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (failure to comply with individual support order);

F6dd

section 59B(3) above;

e

the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act.

F7f

any provision mentioned in Schedule 6A to this Act;

g

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h

F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9i

section 2(13) of the Children and Young Persons Act M11969 (recognizance from parents and guardians);

j

the Table in F10section 139(4) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;

k

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l

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o

section 37(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.

F12p

F13section 150(2) and (3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (recognisance from parents or guardians);

F14q

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); F19or

F20aa

in relation to section 22A(3)(a) above, the date of the coming into force of that section; or

b

where the sums specified in a provision mentioned in subsection (2) above have been substituted by an order under subsection (1) above F21or section 87 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 , the date of that order.

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An order under subsection (1) F17 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.