Criminal Justice Act 1982

4 (1) In section 71B of the Army Act 1955 and section 71B of the Air Force Act 1955 (power to impose imprisonment for default in payment of fines)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) there shall be inserted “or

(c) in respect of whom the court makes an order under section 71AA above on the same occasion for the same or another offence, or

(d) who is already serving or otherwise liable to serve a period of detention under such an order,”;

(b) the words " or detention " shall be inserted after the word " imprisonment " —

(i) in the third place where it occurs in that subsection ; and

(ii) in subsection (4); and

(c) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)—

“(5A) An order imposing a term of detention under this section shall be given effect as if it were a custodial order under section 71AA above.”.

(2) The amendments made by sub-paragraph (1) above shall also be made in section 43B of the [1957 c. 53.] Naval Discipline Act 1957 but with the substitution of " 43AA " for " 71AA ", in both places where it occurs.