# Criminal Justice Act 1991, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W

In section 12 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (maximum fine for contempt in face of magistrates’ court), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A) Section 18 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (fixing of certain fines by reference to units) shall apply for the purposes of subsection (2) above as if the failure to attend before the magistrates’ court were a summary offence punishable by a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale; and a fine imposed under that subsection shall be deemed for the purposes of any enactment to be a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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