(1)In section 297A of the M1Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (unauthorised decoders), for subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1)A person who makes, imports, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes for sale or hire, or advertises for sale or hire, any unauthorised decoder shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.”
(2)The amendment made by subsection (1) shall not apply to any offence committed before the commencement of this section.
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