Restraint orderE+W
Rule 27—(1) A restraint order may be made subject to conditions and exceptions, including but not limited to conditions relating to the indemnifying of third parties against expenses incurred in complying with the order, and exceptions relating to living expenses and legal expenses of the defendant, but the prosecutor shall not be required to give an undertaking to abide by any order as to damages sustained by the defendant as a result of the restraint order.
(2) Unless the Court otherwise directs, a restraint order made without notice of [F1the application for] it being served on any person shall have effect until a day which shall be fixed for the hearing where all parties may attend on the application.
(3) Where a restraint order is made the prosecutor shall serve copies of the order and [F2, unless the court otherwise orders,] of the witness statement or affidavit in support on the defendant and on all other persons affected by the order.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 RSC Order 115 rule 27(2) inserted (31.5.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1388), rules 1(c), 16(e)
F2Words in Sch. 1 RSC Order 115 rule 27(3) inserted (20.12.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4016), rules 1, 2(c)