Transitional provisions
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20. The amendments made by Rules 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 18 and 19 and the Schedule to these Rules shall apply—
(a)to all applications in relation to contempt of court that are made on or after the date that these Rules come into force, subject to subparagraph (b); and
(b)in relation to contempt to which Section 5 of Part 81 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 applies (contempt in the face of the court), to all acts or omissions alleged to constitute contempt in the face of the court that are alleged to have occurred on or after that date.