The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1 Certifications of conduct, and applications under section 336 of the Charities Act 2011, to the High Court under this Section E+W

81.15.— (1) This Section applies where, by virtue of any enactment, the High Court has power to punish or take steps for the punishment of any person charged with having done or omitted to do anything in relation to a court, tribunal or person which, if it had been an act or omission in relation to the High Court, would have been a contempt of that court.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an order under this Section may be made by a single judge of the Administrative Court.

(3) An order made on an application under section 336 of the Charities Act 2011 (“a section 336 application”) may be made only by a single judge of the Chancery Division.

(4) The certification or section 336 application, as appropriate, must be in the form annexed to Practice Direction 81 at Annex A, and include or be accompanied by—

(a) a detailed statement of the grounds for the certification or section 336 application;

(b) any written evidence relied upon; and

(c) any other documents required for the disposal of the certification or section 336 application.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), the certification or section 336 application, accompanied by the other documents referred to in paragraph (4), must be served personally on the respondent.

(6) The court may—

(a) dispense with service under paragraph (5) if it thinks it just to do so; or

(b) make an order in respect of service by an alternative method or at an alternative place.

(7) Within 14 days of service on the respondent of the certification or section 336 application, the respondent—

(a) must file and serve an acknowledgment of service in the form annexed to Practice Direction 81 at Annex B; and

(b) may file and serve evidence.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 81 inserted (1.10.2012) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/2208), rules 1, 16, Sch. (with rule 20)