My Lords, the purpose of this amendment is to ensure that references in the 1975 Act to sentences of imprisonment or detention are not generally taken as including the imposition of imprisonment for contempt of court or in default of payment of a fine. This point has arisen in particular con- nection with Clauses 40, 41 and 44 of the Bill. For example, as regards Clause 41, the amendment will secure that the restriction on imprisonment it introduces will apply only to direct sentences of imprisonment imposed on conviction of an offence but not to other forms of imposition or imprisonment, such as for contempt of court or in default of payment of fine or caution. This was the intention of the Clause as drafted, but this amendment is necessary to ensure that the intention of this clause, and of Clauses 40 and 44, is carried into effect. I beg to move.