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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/3132) by—

  • amending Part 81—

    • to ensure that a District Judge is able to determine a contempt application in the county court where a rule or practice direction so provides;

    • to enable certain applications for permission to make a contempt application to be determined, and if permission is granted for the contempt application itself to be determined, by a wider range of judges;

  • amending Part 83 to ensure that the court’s permission to issue a writ of restitution in aid of a writ of possession is required regardless of whether permission was required for the writ of possession itself.