Fines Act 2010
Class A fines.
4.— (1) Where an enactment enacted on or after the commencement date provides that a person who commits an offence under that or any other enactment shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a class A fine, the reference to class A fine shall be construed as a reference to class A fine within the meaning of this Part.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where an enactment enacted during a period specified in column (2) of the Table opposite a particular reference number specified in column (1) of the Table provides that a person who commits an offence under the enactment shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding an amount that falls within the range of amounts specified in column (3) of the Table opposite the same reference number, a person who commits that offence after the commencement date shall, upon summary conviction, not be liable to that fine, but shall instead be liable to a class A fine.
(3) Where an enactment enacted before the commencement date provides that a person who commits an offence under the enactment shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding an amount that—
(a) was provided for by virtue of a subsequent enactment enacted during a period specified in column (2) of the Table opposite a particular reference number specified in column (1) of the Table, and
(b) falls within the range of amounts specified in column (3) of the Table opposite the same reference number,
a person who commits that offence after the commencement date shall, upon summary conviction, not be liable to that fine but shall instead be liable to a class A fine.
TABLE
Reference Number (1) |
Period (2) |
Range of amounts (3) |
1. |
1 January 1997 to day immediately before commencement date |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €4,000 |
2. |
1 January 1990 to 31 December 1996 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €2,769 |
3. |
1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €2,328 |
4. |
1 January 1975 to 31 December 1979 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €970 |
5. |
1 January 1965 to 31 December 1974 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €491 |
6. |
1 January 1945 to 31 December 1964 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €234 |
7. |
1 January 1915 to 31 December 1944 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €127 |
8. |
Period ending on 31 December 1914 |
Not greater than €5,000 but greater than €100 |