SCHEDULE 4Consequential amendments: fines or maximum fines of numerical amounts of £5,000 or more

Part 1

Public General Acts

Water Resources Act 1991 (c.57)

24.

(1)

The Water Resources Act 1991 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 24 (restrictions on abstraction)67, in subsection (5), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(3)

In section 25 (restrictions on impounding)68, in subsection (3), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(4)

In section 25C (consequences of not complying with an enforcement notice)69, in subsection (2), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(5)

In section 161D (consequences of not complying with a works notice)70, in subsection (2)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

(6)

In section 211 (enforcement of byelaws)71, in subsection (3)(b), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”.