The Family Procedure Rules 2010 No. 2955 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 37 E+W APPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CONTEMPT OF COURT

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 37 inserted (22.4.2014) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/667), rules 44, Sch. (with rule 45)

CHAPTER 1 E+W Scope and interpretation

Interpretation E+W

37.3.   In this Part—

(a) “applicant” means a person making—

(i) an application for permission to make a committal application;

(ii) a committal application; or

(iii) an application for a writ of sequestration;

(b) “committal application” means any application for an order committing a person to prison;

(c) “judge of High Court judge level” means a person in sub-paragraphs (i) to (x) of paragraph (b) in the definition of “judge” in rule 2.3;

(d) “respondent” means a person—

(i) against whom a committal application is made or is intended to be made; or

(ii) against whose property it is sought to issue a writ of sequestration;

(e) “undertaking” means an undertaking to the court; and

(f) references to a writ of sequestration are, in relation to the family court, to be read as references to a warrant containing provision corresponding to that which may be contained in a writ of sequestration.

(See section 31E of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (Family court has High Court and county court powers), in particular subsections (1) and (2) of that section.)]