# Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 56: Fine defaulters and persons in contempt of court

Status: prospective

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/section/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007/section-56
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