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[F1PART 81E+WAPPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CONTEMPT OF COURT

SECTION 2E+WCommittal for breach of a judgment, order or undertaking to do or abstain from doing an act

Requirement for service of a copy of the judgment or order and time for serviceE+W

81.5.(1) Unless the court dispenses with service under rule 81.8, a judgment or order may not be enforced under rule 81.4 unless a copy of it has been served on the person required to do or not do the act in question, and in the case of a judgment or order requiring a person to do an act–

(a)the copy has been served before the end of the time fixed for doing the act, together with a copy of any order fixing that time;

(b)where the time for doing the act has been varied by a subsequent order or agreement under rule 2.11, a copy of that subsequent order or agreement has also been served; and

(c)where the judgment or order was made under rule 81.4(5), or was made pursuant to an earlier judgment or order requiring the act to be done, a copy of the earlier judgment or order has also been served.

(2) Where the person referred to in paragraph (1) is a company or other corporation, a copy of the judgment or order must also be served on the respondent before the end of the time fixed for doing the act.

(3) Copies of the judgment or order and any orders or agreements fixing or varying the time for doing an act must be served in accordance with rule 81.6 or 81.7, or in accordance with an order for alternative service made under rule 81.8(2)(b).]