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HOUSING ACT 1964 (c. 56) In section 65, after subsection (1) (penalty for failure to comply with notice requiring execution of works under Part II of Housing Act 1961) insert—
 * “(1A) In the case of an offence under subsection (1) above committed in respect of a notice served under section 16 of the Act of 1961, that subsection shall have effect with the substitution of the words ‘£500’ for the words ‘one hundred pounds’ in paragraphs (a) and (b).”.

HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1966 (c. 49) In section 110, after subsection (1) (penalty for failure to comply with notice requiring execution of works) insert—
 * “(1A) In the case of an offence under subsection (1) above committed in respect of a notice served under section 107 of this Act, that subsection shall have effect with the substitution of the words ‘£500’ for the words ‘one hundred pounds’ in paragraphs (a) and (b).”.

CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1967 (c. 58) In section 2(1) (under which an offence carrying a sentence of five years imprisonment or more is an arrestable offence) after “five years” insert “(or might be so sentenced but for the restrictions imposed by section 29 of the Criminal Law Act 1977)” and at the end add—
 * “The said restrictions are those which apply where, in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 23 of the said Act of 1977 (certain offences to be tried summarily if value involved is small) a magistrates’ court summarily convicts a person of a scheduled offence within the meaning of the said section 23.”.

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1967 (c. 76) 1. In section 43(2) (penalty for contravention of designation order having effect by virtue of section 39(1)(a)) the words from “in the case of” to “carriageway” (the consequential omission of which was inadvertently not provided for in column 5 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Road Traffic Act 1974) shall be omitted.

2. In section 78A (exceeding a speed limit imposed by or under certain enactments), in subsection (3)—
 * (a) in paragraph (a), after “Act” insert “, except section 13(4);”; and
 * (b) in paragraph (c), after “1960” insert “(except section 13(4) of this Act).”.

3. In subsection (5) of section 80 as amended by section 131(2) of the Transport Act 1968 (which provides for payment of a fixed penalty under section 80 to be made to such justices’ clerk as may be prescribed)—
 * (a) for “prescribed” substitute “specified in the notice under subsection (2) above relating to that penalty”;
 * (b) for “the prescribed justices’ clerk” substitute “the justices’ clerk so specified”; and