The Court of Protection Rules 2017

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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.]

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