Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995

Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49) U.K.

36 (1) Section 15 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (penalties for contempt in Scottish proceedings) shall be amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a) for “£500” there shall be substituted the words “ level 4 on the standard scale ”; and

(b) in paragraph (b) for “£200” there shall be substituted the words “ level 4 on the standard scale ”.

(3) For subsections (3) and (4) there shall be substituted the following—

“(3) The following provisions of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 shall apply in relation to persons found guilty of contempt of court in Scottish proceedings as they apply in relation to persons convicted of offences—

(a) in every case, section 207 (restrictions on detention of young offenders);

(b) in any case to which paragraph (b) of subsection (2) above does not apply, sections 58, 59 and 61 (persons suffering from mental disorder);

and in any case to which the said paragraph (b) does apply, subsection (5) below shall have effect.”

(4) In subsection (5)—

(a) for the words “section 286 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 7(9) and (10) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 ”; and

(b) for the words “section 376(1)” there shall be substituted the words “ section 58(1) ”.