Safety in Industry Act, 1980
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Penalties for offences under Principal Act increased. |
56.—The following provisions shall have effect: | |
(a) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 74 (3), 76 (2), 76 (5) or 91 (5) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £15, and, accordingly, each of those sections shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to five pounds were a reference to £15, | ||
(b) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 40 (14) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £150, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to fifty pounds were a reference to £150, | ||
(c) the maximum penalties for an offence under section 45 (2) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £150 and a further fine (not exceeding £600 in all) of £30 for each day on which the offence continues, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect subject to the provisions of this paragraph, | ||
(d) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 72 (4) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £300, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to one hundred pounds were a reference to £300, | ||
(e) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 78 (2) (g) of the Principal Act shall be— | ||
(i) in the case of the offence first mentioned in that section, a fine of £60, and | ||
(ii) in the case of the further offence mentioned in that section, a fine (not exceeding £600 in all) of £30 for each day on which the offence continues, | ||
and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect subject to the provisions of this paragraph, | ||
(f) the maximum fine which may be imposed as a penalty for an offence under section 98 (5) of the Principal Act shall be £300, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to one hundred pounds were a reference to £300, | ||
(g) the maximum penalties for an offence under section 101 of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £100 and a further fine (not exceeding £600 in all) of £10 for each day on which the offence continues, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect subject to the provisions of this paragraph, | ||
(h) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 102 of the Principal Act shall be a fine (not exceeding £600 in all) of £15 for each day on which non-compliance with the relevant order under that section continues, and, accordingly, the said section 102 shall be construed and have effect subject to the provisions of this paragraph, | ||
(i) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 103 (1) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £500, and, accordingly, the reference in that section to two hundred pounds shall be construed as a reference to £500, | ||
(j) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 104 of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £6, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to two pounds were a reference to £6, | ||
(k) the maximum fine which may be imposed as a penalty for an offence under section 105 of the Principal Act shall be £150, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to forty pounds were a reference to £150, | ||
(l) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 119 (1) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £30, or a fine of £3 for each day since the expiration of the month described in that section, whichever is the greater, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the references therein to ten pounds and one pound were references to £30 and £3, respectively, and | ||
(m) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 120 (3) of the Principal Act shall be a fine of £30, and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to ten pounds were a reference to £30. |