Commentary on provisions of Act Section 11: Procedural matters
This section provides that rules of court may be used to specify the process that should be followed by the court in relation to proceedings that relate to overseas production orders (which include proceedings for the variation, making or revocation of an order under section 8(4) or 13(3) or 4(b)).
	Under subsection (4), orders made under the Act in England and Wales by a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court, or by a Crown Court judge in Northern Ireland, have effect as if they were orders of the Crown Court. The effect of this provision is that a person who fails to comply with such an order may be held in contempt in the same way as if they had failed to comply with a domestic production order. Similar provision in relation to Scotland is not necessary to ensure that non-compliance with an overseas production order is also enforceable there through contempt proceedings. This provision does not apply to orders made in the service jurisdiction by a Judge Advocate (see section 15 (application of the Act to service police), which contains a separate mechanism for non-compliance).