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Rule 1—(1) Where a person required by a judgment or order to do an act refuses or neglects to do it within the time fixed by the judgment or order or any subsequent order, or where a person disobeys a judgment or order requiring him to abstain from doing an act, then, subject to the Debtors Acts 1869 and 1878(1) and to the provisions of these rules, the judgment or order may be enforced, by order of the judge, by a committal order against that person or, if that person is a body corporate, against any director or other officer of the body.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), a judgment or order shall not be enforced under paragraph (1) unless—
(a)a copy of the judgment or order has been served personally on the person required to do or abstain from doing the act in question and also, where that person is a body corporate, on the director or other officer of the body against whom a committal order is sought, and
(b)in the case of a judgment or order requiring a person to do an act, the copy has been so served before the expiration of the time within which he was required to do the act and was accompanied by a copy of any order, made between the date of the judgment or order and the date of service, fixing that time.
(3) Where a judgment or order enforceable by committal order under paragraph (1) has been given or made, the court officer shall, if the judgment or order is in the nature of an injunction, at the time when the judgment or order is drawn up, and in any other case on the request of the judgment creditor, issue a copy of the judgment or order, indorsed with or incorporating a notice as to the consequences of disobedience, for service in accordance with paragraph (2).
(4) If the person served with the judgment or order fails to obey it, the judgment creditor may issue a claim form or, as the case may be, an application notice seeking the committal for contempt of court of that person and subject to paragraph (7), the claim form or application notice shall be served on him personally.
(4A) The claim form or application notice (as the case may be) shall:—
(a)identify the provisions of the injunction or undertaking which it is alleged have been disobeyed or broken;
(b)list the ways in which it is alleged that the injunction has been disobeyed or the undertaking has been broken.
(c)be supported by an affidavit stating the grounds on which the application is made, and unless service is dispensed with under paragraph (7), a copy of the affidavit shall be served with the claim form or application notice.
(5) If a committal order is made, the order shall be for the issue of a warrant of committal and, unless the judge otherwise orders—
(a)a copy of the order shall be served on the person to be committed either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant; or
(b)where the warrant has been signed by the judge, the order for issue of the warrant may be served on the person to be committed at any time within 36 hours after the execution of the warrant.
[F1(5A) A warrant of committal shall not, without further order of the court, be enforced more than 2 years after the date on which the warrant is issued.]
(6) A judgment or order requiring a person to abstain from doing an act may be enforced under paragraph (1) notwithstanding that service of a copy of the judgment or order has not been effected in accordance with paragraph (2) if the judge is satisfied that, pending such service, the person against whom it is sought to enforce the judgment or order has had notice [F2of the judgment or order] either—
(a)by being present when the judgment or order was given or made, or
(b)by being notified of the terms of the judgment or order whether by telephone, [F3fax, e-mail] or otherwise.
(7) Without prejudice to its powers under Part 6 of the CPR, the court may dispense with service of a copy of a judgment or order under paragraph (2) or a claim form or application notice under paragraph (4) if the court thinks it just to do so.
(8) Where service of the claim form or application notice has been dispensed with under paragraph (7) and a committal order is made in the absence of the respondent, the judge may on his own initiative fix a date and time when the person to be committed is to be brought before him or before the court.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule (1)(5A) inserted (1.4.2004) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/3361), rules 1(c), 33
F2Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule 1(6) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 42(a)
F3Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule 1(6)(b) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 42(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule 1 modified (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 10.12 (with rules 2.1, 10.1)
C2Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule 1 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 11.15(1) (with rules 2.1, 11.1(1))
C3Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule 1 modified (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 11.15(2) (with rules 2.1, 11.1(1))
C4Sch. 2 CCR Order 29 rule 1 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 33.7 (with rules 2.1, 33.1(1))
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