Part 2Confinement and release of prisoners
Chapter 7Application of Part 2 to certain persons
56Fine defaulters and persons in contempt of court
1
This Part applies in relation to the persons mentioned in subsection (2) as it applies in relation to custody-only prisoners.
2
Those persons are—
a
a person serving by virtue of section 219(1) of the 1995 Act a period of imprisonment or, as the case may be, a period of detention in a young offenders institution,
b
a person serving a period of imprisonment or, as the case may be, a period of detention in a young offenders institution for contempt of court.
3
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
a
a person on whom the court imposes before the coming into force of this Part—
i
a period of imprisonment in default of payment of a fine under paragraph (a) of section 219(1) of the 1995 Act, or
ii
imprisonment for failure to a pay a fine, or any part or instalment of a fine, under paragraph (b) of that section, or
b
a person found in contempt of court, where the conduct which is treated as contempt of court occurs (or first occurs) before the coming into force of this Part.