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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-71.8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2792",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2001",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/71.8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "71.8",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with order",
  "text": "(1) If a person against whom an order has been made under rule 71.2—\n(a) fails to attend court;\n(b) refuses at the hearing to take the oath or to answer any question; or\n(c) otherwise fails to comply with the order,\nthe court will refer the matter to a High Court judge or circuit judge.\n(2) That judge may, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), make a committal order against the person.\n(3) A committal order for failing to attend court may not be made unless the judgment creditor has complied with rules 71.4 and 71.5.\n(4) If a committal order is made, the judge will direct that—\n(a) the order shall be suspended provided that the person—\n(i) attends court at a time and place specified in the order; and\n(ii) complies with all the terms of that order and the original order; and\n(b) if the person fails to attend court at that time and place, he shall be brought before a judge to consider whether the committal order should be discharged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2792/schedule/2/paragraph/71.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:31:31.585843+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}