8(1)Section 11 (pretending to be authorised etc) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (4)(b)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (i) for “51 weeks” substitute “ 12 months ”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (ii) for “level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “ the statutory maximum ”.
(3)For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6)In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 the reference in subsection (4)(b)(i) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.”