The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2004
This Order amends the Schedule to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1837). The penalty for the offence of throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare under section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17) is raised from £40 to £80. An offence under the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12) which has been repealed by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) is removed from the Schedule, and replaced by the new offence of using a public electronic communications network in order to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, under section 127 of the 2003 Act.