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Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004

Valid from 01/10/2012

15Increase in maximum on-the-spot penalty for disorderly behaviourE+W

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)In Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) (on-the-spot penalties for disorderly behaviour), section 3 is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2) (maximum penalty that may be prescribed), at the end insert “ plus a half of the relevant surcharge ”.

(3)After that subsection insert—

“(2A)The “relevant surcharge”, in relation to a person of a given age, is the amount payable by way of surcharge under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 by a person of that age who is fined the maximum amount for the offence.”