Section 283
SCHEDULE 27U.K.Enabling powers: alteration of maximum penalties etc.
Prospective
Plant Health Act 1967 (c. 8)E+W+S
1(1)Section 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967 (control of spread of pests in Great Britain) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (4A), for “three months” there is substituted “ the prescribed term ”.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(4B)In subsection (4A) above, “the prescribed term” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, 51 weeks;
(b)in relation to Scotland, three months.”
Prospective
Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)E+W+S
2E+W+SF1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 27 para. 2 repealed (1.4.2008) by The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/576), arts. 1(3), 18, Sch. 5 para. 7 (with Sch. 4 para. 10)
Prospective
F2...U.K.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 27 para. 3 and cross-heading repealed (31.12.2020) by The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1447), reg. 1(3), Sch. (with reg. 9(2))
F23U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prospective
Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)E+W
4E+WIn section 38(5) of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (maximum penalties to be prescribed by regulations), the words “or imprisonment for a term of three months or both” are omitted.
Prospective
Anatomy Act 1984 (c. 14)E+W+S
5(1)Section 11 of the Anatomy Act 1984 (offences) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (7), for “3 months” there is substituted “ the prescribed term ”.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(7A)In subsection (7), “the prescribed term” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, 51 weeks;
(b)in relation to Scotland, 3 months.”
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)U.K.
6(1)Section 141 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (power to prohibit or restrict the importation or exportation of waste) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph (g) of subsection (5), for “six months” there is substituted “ the prescribed term ”.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(5A)In subsection (5)(g), “the prescribed term” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks;
(b)in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable either way, twelve months;
(c)in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, six months.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 27 para. 6 in force at 2.5.2022 by S.I. 2022/500, reg. 3(b)(ii)
Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)U.K.
7(1)Section 113 of the Scotland Act 1998 (subordinate legislation: scope of powers) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph (a) of subsection (10), for “three months” there is substituted “ the prescribed term ”.
(3)After that subsection there is inserted—
“(10A)In subsection (10)(a), “the prescribed term” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks;
(b)in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable either way, twelve months;
(c)in relation to F3... Northern Ireland, three months.”
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 27 para. 7(3) omitted (31.10.2012) by virtue of Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 39(5), 44(5); S.I. 2012/2516, art. 2(e)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 27 para. 7 in force at 2.5.2022 by S.I. 2022/500, reg. 3(b)(ii)
Prospective
Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (c. 6)U.K.
8U.K.F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 27 para. 8 repealed (8.1.2007) by Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), ss. 30(1), 33, Sch. (with s. 30(2)-(5))