Search Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Section 87

 Help about opening options

Version Superseded: 01/12/2020

Alternative versions:

Status:

Point in time view as at 31/07/2015. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

Changes to legislation:

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, Section 87 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

87Power to amend standard scale of fines for summary offencesE+W
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)The Secretary of State may by order substitute for the sums for the time being specified as levels 1 to 4 on the standard scale in section 37(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (standard scale of fines for summary offences) such other sums as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(2)The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised so as to alter the ratio of one of those levels to another.

(3)In section 143 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (power to alter sums including standard scale of fines for summary offences), in subsection (3)(b), after “subsection (1) above” insert “ or section 87 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

(4)In section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (standard scale of fines for summary offences), in subsection (3), at the end insert “ or section 87 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ”.

(5)An order under this section is to be made by statutory instrument.

(6)A statutory instrument containing an order under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(7)An order under this section does not affect fines for offences committed before the order comes into force.

Commencement Information

I1S. 87 in force at 28.5.2014 by S.I. 2014/1291, art. 2(c)

Back to top

Options/Help