Criminal Justice Act 1982

45 Byelaws for other aerodromes

In section 40 of the [1982 c. 16.] Civil Aviation Act 1982—

(a) the following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (1) (fines for contravention of byelaws relating to aerodromes of Secretary of State, Civil Aviation Authority, local authorities and other persons)—

“(1) Any person contravening any byelaws made under sections 27, 29, 32 or 33 above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding such amount as, subject to subsection (1A) below, may be specified by the byelaws in question in relation to the contravention.

(1A) The maximum fines that byelaws may specify by virtue of subsection (1) above are fines of an amount at level 4 on the standard scale, as defined in section 75 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982, or of a lower amount.”; and

(b) the following subsection shall be added after subsection (2)—

“(3) For the purposes of subsection (1A) above, in its application to byelaws made under section 29 above—

(a) section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (the standard scale of fines for summary offences); and

(b) an order under section 143 of the [1980 c. 43.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 which alters the sum specified in section 37(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982,

shall extend to Northern Ireland.”.