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Criminal Justice Act 1988

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As published

66 Fisheries offences on River Tweed.

(1) Section 38 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (which applied certain enactments to so much of the River Tweed as is situated outwith Scotland as if it were situated in Scotland) shall be deemed not to have been excluded from the operation of section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (general increase of fines for summary offences) by paragraph (c) of that subsection (exclusion of offences where fine or maximum fine altered since 29th July 1977). (2) Nothing in this section shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before this section comes into force.

Your change, as a redline

66 Fisheries offences on River Tweed.

(1) Section 38 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (which applied certain enactments to so much of the River Tweed as is situated outwith Scotland as if it were situated in Scotland) shall be deemed not to have been excluded from the operation of section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (general increase of fines for summary offences) by paragraph (c) of that subsection (exclusion of offences where fine or maximum fine altered since 29th July 1977). (2) Nothing in this section shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before this section comes into force.

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