Jurisdiction, Imprisonment, Fines Etc.
45. Increase in maximum term of imprisonment for cruelty to children and young persons.
46. Maximum term of imprisonment on summary conviction under Prevention of Crime Act 1953 and maximum fine under Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959.
50. Suspended and partly suspended sentences on certain civilians in courts-martial and Standing Civilian Courts.
Maximum fines under subordinate legislation
51. Statutory maximum as penalty on summary conviction for offences triable either way under subordinate legislation.
52. Penalties on conviction for summary offences under subordinate legislation—conversion of references to amounts to references to levels on scale.
53. Powers to specify maximum fines for summary offences under subordinate instruments—conversion of references to amounts to references to levels on scale—England and Wales.
54. Fines on summary conviction for offences under subordinate instruments—conversion to references to levels on scale—Scotland.
55. Fines under secondary subordinate instruments—England and Wales.
57. Powers of harbour authorities to provide for maximum fines up to level 4 on standard scale.
Confiscation of the Proceeds of an Offence
73. Statements, etc. relevant to making confiscation orders.
Compensation by Court and Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
125. Abolition of power of courts to commit juvenile to remand centre instead of local authority care.
126. Amendment of section 53(2) of Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
129. Signature of orders relating to detention of young offenders.
130. Computation of sentence—time passed in care of local authority in accommodation provided for restricting liberty.
An Act to make fresh provision for extradition; to amend the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; to provide for the reference by the Attorney General of certain questions relating to sentencing to the Court of Appeal; to amend the law with regard to the jurisdiction and powers of criminal courts, the collection, enforcement and remission of fines imposed by coroners, juries, supervision orders, the detention of children and young persons, probation and the probation service, criminal appeals, anonymity in cases of rape and similar cases, orders under sections 4 and 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 relating to trials on indictment, orders restricting the access of the public to the whole or any part of a trial on indictment or to any proceedings ancillary to such a trial and orders restricting the publication of any report of the whole or any part of a trial on indictment or any such ancillary proceedings, the alteration of names of petty sessions areas, officers of inner London magistrates' courts and the costs and expenses of prosecution witnesses and certain other persons; to make fresh provision for the payment of compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; to make provision for the payment of compensation for a miscarriage of justice which has resulted in a wrongful conviction; to create an offence of torture and an offence of having an article with a blade or point in a public place; to create further offences relating to weapons; to create a summary offence of possession of an indecent photograph of a child; to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in relation to searches, computer data about fingerprints and bail for persons in customs detention; to make provision in relation to the taking of body samples by the police in Northern Ireland; to amend the Bail Act 1976; to give a justice of the peace power to authorise entry and search of premises for offensive weapons; to provide for the enforcement of the Video Recordings Act 1984 by officers of a weights and measures authority and in Northern Ireland by officers of the Department of Economic Development; to extend to the purchase of easements and other rights over land the power to purchase land conferred on the Secretary of State by section 36 of the Prison Act 1952; and for connected purposes.
[29th July 1988]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—