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Rule 48.3 Notice of suspension of imprisonment by Court of Appeal or Crown CourtI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This rule applies where—

(a)

the Court of Appeal or the Crown Court suspends an order of imprisonment for contempt of court; and

(b)

the respondent is absent when the court does so.

(2)

The respondent must be served with notice of the terms of the court’s order—

(a)

by any applicant under rule 48.9; or

(b)

by the court officer, in any other case.

[Note. By reason of sections 15 and 45 of the Senior Courts Act 1981f1, the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court each has an inherent power to suspend imprisonment for contempt of court, on conditions, or for a period, or both.]

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 48.3 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 54.