{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984/section-31H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984/section-31H.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/42",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-act-1984",
  "path": "section/31H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31H",
  "heading": "Contempt of court: power to limit court's powers",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations made after consulting the Lord Chief Justice make provision limiting or removing, in circumstances specified in the regulations, any of the powers exercisable by the family court when dealing with a person for contempt of court.\n(2) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise functions of the Lord Chief Justice under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 31B-31P inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 1; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/42/section/31H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:34:50.317478+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."
}