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What steps can be taken to enforce a specific issue order?

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The method of Enforcement to be employed in relation to a Specific issue order is very much dependent on the nature of the order itself and on the facts of the case. Certain methods of enforcement will not be appropriate for particular orders.

The court's primary objective is ordinarily to secure the effective operation of any order, and therefore, some measures that may be taken are not concerned with a formal enforcement procedure but rather are directed to securing the effective operation of the order.

When considering how to achieve effective cooperation with a specific issue order measures that may be taken range from those which are in the least interventionist category, to those procedures which can result in the wholesale reconsideration of the substantive order and/or the possible imprisonment of the party in breach.

In an appropriate

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What does Specific issue order mean?

An order of the court directing a person to do or allow something in respect of a child.

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