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60.—(1) In section 35(5) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (limit of £400 on compensation which can be made payable under a compensation order made by a magistrates’ court) for the words “£400” there shall be substituted the words “1,000”.

(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to a compensation order made in respect of an offence committed before the coming into force of this section.

61.—(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that there has been a change in the value of money since the last occasion when the sum or sums specified in a provision mentioned in subsection (2) below were fixed (whether by the coming into force of a provision of this Act or by order under this subsection), the Secretary of State may by order substitute for the sum or sums for the time being specified in that provision such other sum or sums as appear to him justified by the change.

(2) The said provisions are—
 * (a) section 23(1) above;
 * (b) the definition of “the prescribed sum” in section 28(7) above;
 * (c) paragraph (a) of section 29 above;
 * (d) the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines etc.)
 * (e) section 35(5) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (limit on compensation which can be made payable under a compensation order made by a magistrates’ court).

(3) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that the difference between a sum to which subsection (4) below applies and the prescribed sum (within the meaning of section 28 above) has been or would be altered or eliminated by an order made or proposed to be made under subsection (1) above, he may by order amend the enactment specifying the first-mentioned sum so as to substitute for that sum such other sum as appears to him to be justified by a change in the value of money appearing to him to have taken place between—
 * (a) the last occasion on which the sum in question was fixed; and