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.