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As published
18 Validity and effect of orders.
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(3) Except as provided by section 46B, the validity of a final or provisional order shall not be questioned by any legal proceedings whatever.
(4) No criminal proceedings shall, by virtue of the making of a final order or the making or confirmation of a provisional order, lie against any person on the ground that he has committed, or aided, abetted, counselled or procured the commission of, or conspired or attempted to commit, or incited others to commit, any contravention of the order.
(5) The obligation to comply with a final or provisional order is a duty owed to any person who may be affected by a contravention of it.
(6) Where a duty is owed by virtue of subsection (5) above to any person—
(a) any breach of the duty which causes that person to sustain loss or damage; and
(b) any act which, by inducing a breach of that duty or interfering with its performance, causes that person to sustain loss or damage and which is done wholly or partly for the purpose of achieving that result,
shall be actionable at the suit or instance of that person.
(7) In any proceedings brought against any person in pursuance of subsection (6)(a) above, it shall be a defence for him to prove that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid contavening the order.
(8) Without prejudice to any right which any person may have by virtue of subsection (6)(a) above to bring civil proceedings in respect of any contravention or apprehended contravention of a final or provisional order, compliance with any such order shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Director for an injunction or interdict or for any other appropriate relief.
(9) In this section—
“act”, in relation to any person, includes any failure to do an act which he is under a duty to do and “done” shall be construed accordingly;
“contravention”, in relation to a final or provisional order, includes any failure to comply with it;
“the court”—
in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, means the High Court; and
in relation to Scotland, means the Court of Session.
Your change, as a redline
18 Validity and effect of orders.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Except as provided by section 46B, the validity of a final or provisional order shall not be questioned by any legal proceedings whatever.
(4) No criminal proceedings shall, by virtue of the making of a final order or the making or confirmation of a provisional order, lie against any person on the ground that he has committed, or aided, abetted, counselled or procured the commission of, or conspired or attempted to commit, or incited others to commit, any contravention of the order.
(5) The obligation to comply with a final or provisional order is a duty owed to any person who may be affected by a contravention of it.
(6) Where a duty is owed by virtue of subsection (5) above to any person—
(a) any breach of the duty which causes that person to sustain loss or damage; and
(b) any act which, by inducing a breach of that duty or interfering with its performance, causes that person to sustain loss or damage and which is done wholly or partly for the purpose of achieving that result,
shall be actionable at the suit or instance of that person.
(7) In any proceedings brought against any person in pursuance of subsection (6)(a) above, it shall be a defence for him to prove that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid contavening the order.
(8) Without prejudice to any right which any person may have by virtue of subsection (6)(a) above to bring civil proceedings in respect of any contravention or apprehended contravention of a final or provisional order, compliance with any such order shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Director for an injunction or interdict or for any other appropriate relief.
(9) In this section—
“act”, in relation to any person, includes any failure to do an act which he is under a duty to do and “done” shall be construed accordingly;
“contravention”, in relation to a final or provisional order, includes any failure to comply with it;
“the court”—
in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, means the High Court; and
in relation to Scotland, means the Court of Session.
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