Part IV
(4) In subsection (3) of section 6 of the said Act of 1969 (under which the maximum fine which can be imposed on a young person tried summarily for an indictable offence in pursuance of subsection (1) of that section is £50), for the words “fifty pounds” there shall be substituted the words “£200”.
(5) In section 15(4) of the said Act of 1969 (powers of a magistrates’ court other than a juvenile court in respect of failure by the supervised person to comply with certain requirements of a supervision order, if that person has attained the age of eighteen)—
- (a) in paragraph (a) (under which, if the court does not discharge the supervision order, the maximum fine which it can impose on the supervised person is £20), for the words “twenty pounds” there shall be substituted the words “£50”; and
- (b) for the words “four hundred pounds” (which specify the maximum fine which the court can impose if it discharges the supervision order in a case where the offence in consequence of which the order was made is of a kind which the court has no power to try or has no power to try without appropriate consents) there shall be substituted the words “£1,000”.
(6) In relation to a person under the age of fourteen section 8(3) of the 1961 c. 39.
1969 c. 54.Criminal Justice Act 1961 and section 6(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 shall have effect as if for the words “£200”, wherever they occur by virtue of subsection (1) or (4) above, there were substituted the words “£50”; but this subsection shall cease to have effect on the coming into force of section 4 of the said Act of 1969 (which prohibits criminal proceedings against children).
Alteration of maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines etc.
1952 c. 55.
59. For the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines etc.) there shall be substituted the following Table:—
| An amount not exceeding £25 | 7 days |
| An amount exceeding £25 but not exceeding £50 | 14 days |
| An amount exceeding £50 but not exceeding £200 | 30 days |
| An amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500 | 60 days |
| An amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000 | 90 days |
