PART 48CONTEMPT OF COURT
CONTEMPT OF COURT BY OBSTRUCTION, DISRUPTION, ETC.
Postponement of enquiryI148.7
1
This rule applies where the Court of Appeal or the Crown Court postpones the enquiry.
2
The court must arrange for the preparation of a written statement containing such particulars of the conduct in question as to make clear what the respondent appears to have done.
3
The court officer must serve on the respondent—
a
that written statement;
b
notice of where and when the postponed enquiry will take place; and
c
a notice that—
i
reminds the respondent that the court can impose imprisonment, or a fine, or both, for contempt of court, and
ii
warns the respondent that the court may pursue the postponed enquiry in the respondent’s absence, if the respondent does not attend.