Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

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The Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 31^st May, 2006[a] and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1(3) of the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989[b], hereby order:-

Amendment to the uniform scale of fines.

1. For the table in section 1(2) of the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989[c] substitute the following -

"TABLE

LEVEL ON THE SCALE	AMOUNT OF FINE
1	£500
2	£1,000
3	£2,000
4	£5,000
5	£10,000

Transitional provisions.

2. (1) This Ordinance has effect only in relation to penalties imposed for offences committed on or after the date on which it comes into force.

(2) The maximum penalty to which an offender is liable for an offence committed before the date on which this Ordinance comes into force shall, in any proceedings on or after that date, be determined as if this Ordinance were not in force.

Repeal.

3. The Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998[d] is repealed.

Citation.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006.

[a]	Article IX of Billet d'État No. X of 2006.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278.
[c]	The table was substituted by the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991 (Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXV, p. 344) and further substituted by the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998 (Ordinance No. XXII of 1998).
[d]	Ordinance No. XXII of 1998.