F1PART 21APPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CONTEMPT OF COURT
Interpretation21.2
In this Part—
“claimant” means a person making a contempt application;
“contempt application” means an application to the court for an order determining contempt proceedings;
“defendant” means the person against whom the application is made;
“order of committal” means the imposition of a sentence of imprisonment (whether immediate or suspended) for contempt of court;
“penal notice” means a prominent notice on the front of an order warning that if the person against whom the order is made (and in the case of a corporate body, a director or officer of that body) disobeys the court’s order, the person (or director of officer) may be held in contempt of court and punished by a fine, imprisonment, confiscation of assets or other punishment under the law.
Pt. 21 substituted (1.1.2023) by The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/1192), rule 1(1), Sch.