{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-81.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-81.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/81.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "81.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“claimant” means a person making a contempt application;\n“contempt application” means an application to the court for an order determining contempt proceedings;\n“defendant” means the person against whom the application is made;\n“order of committal” means the imposition of a sentence of imprisonment (whether immediate or suspended) for contempt of court;\nA “penal notice” is a prominent notice added to the front of an order by or at the request of a party warning that if the person against whom the order is made (and, in the case of a corporate body, a director or officer of that body) disobeys the court’s order, the person (or director or officer) may be held in contempt of court and punished by a fine, imprisonment, confiscation of assets or other punishment under the law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 81 substituted (1.10.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/747), rule 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 81.2 substituted (6.4.2024) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/106), rules 1(1), 11(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/81.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}