The Court of Protection Rules 2017 No. 1035 (L. 16)

[F1 PART 21 E+W APPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CONTEMPT OF COURT

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 21 substituted (1.1.2023) by The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/1192), rule 1(1), Sch.

Interpretation E+W

21.2.   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.]