798.Section 145 raises the level of fines available for certain offences under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964, which regulates those carrying on business as a scrap metal dealer. The effect of the section is to increase the level of fine available for those offences by two levels on the standard scale.
Schedule 8: Costs in criminal cases: service courts Schedule 25: Rehabilitation of offenders: consequential provision Chapter 9: Offences Section 145: Scrap metal dealing: increase in penalties for existing offences