Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 20th May 2013.

Amendments to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002

2. In the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002( 2 )—

(a) in Article 2 (amount of penalty payable in respect of a penalty offence) omit “by a person aged 16 or over at the time he committed the penalty offence”;

(b) omit Article 3 (amount of penalty payable in respect of a penalty offence by a person aged under 16);

(c) in Part I of the Schedule, in the heading, omit “for Persons Aged 16 or Over, and £40 for Persons under 16”; and

(d) in Part II of the Schedule, in the heading, omit “for Persons Aged 16 and Over, or £30 for Persons under 16”.

Amendments to the Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme Regulations 2004

3. In the Schedule to the Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme Regulations 2004( 3 )—

(a) in paragraph 1(2)(b) omit “in uniform”; and

(b) in paragraph 11 omit “in uniform and of an authorised constable”.