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Class E fines.
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8.— (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 E fine, the reference to class E fine shall be construed as a reference to class E fine within the meaning of this Part.
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(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 E fine.
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(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—
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(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
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(b) falls within the range of amounts specified in column (3) of the Table opposite the same reference number,
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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 E fine.
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TABLE
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Reference Number
(1)
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Period
(2)
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Range of amounts
(3)
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1.
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1 January 1997 to day immediately before commencement date
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Not greater than €500
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2.
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1 January 1990 to 31 December 1996
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Not greater than €346
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3.
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1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989
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Not greater than €291
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4.
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1 January 1975 to 31 December 1979
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Not greater than €121
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5.
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1 January 1965 to 31 December 1974
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Not greater than €61
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6.
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1 January 1945 to 31 December 1964
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Not greater than €29
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7.
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1 January 1915 to 31 December 1944
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Not greater than €16
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8.
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Period ending on 31 December 1914
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Not greater than €6
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