285 Increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2003 c 44) | Legislation

285  Increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences

(1)     In section 12A of the Theft Act 1968 (c 60) (aggravated vehicle-taking), in subsection (4), for “five years” there is substituted “fourteen years”.

(2)     Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c 53) (prosecution and punishment of offences) is amended in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).

(3)

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