The Family Procedure Rules 2010

Application for issue of warrant for arrest

11.13.—(1) An application under section 63J(2) of the 1996 Act(1) for the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a person must be supported by a sworn statement.

(2) An application for the issue of a warrant for arrest made by a person who is neither the person who is the subject of the proceedings nor (if different) the person who applied for the order, shall be treated, in the first instance, as an application for permission to apply for the warrant to be issued, and the court shall either—

(a) grant the application; or

(b) direct that a date be fixed for the hearing of the application and fix a date.

(3) The court officer must inform the following persons of the court’s action under paragraph (2)—

(a) the person applying for the issue of the warrant;

(b) the person being protected by the order; and

(c) any other person directed by the court.

(1)

Section 63J(2) was inserted by section 1 of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007.