PART 48E+WCONTEMPT OF COURT

CONTEMPT OF COURT BY OBSTRUCTION, DISRUPTION, ETC.E+W

Postponement of enquiryE+W

48.7.—(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.

Commencement Information

I1Rule 48.7 in force at 5.10.2020, see Preamble