diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/rm-capabilities-freeze-context.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/rm-capabilities-freeze-context.xml
index c1e03ffe59..68d40cedff 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/rm-capabilities-freeze-context.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/capability/rm-capabilities-freeze-context.xml
@@ -53,4 +53,23 @@
       <property name="index" value="30" />
    </bean>
 
+   <bean id="rmCreateHoldCapability"
+      parent="declarativeCapability">
+      <property name="name" value="CreateHold"/>
+      <property name="permission" value="CreateHold"/>
+      <property name="kinds">
+         <list>
+            <value>HOLD</value>
+            <value>HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD</value>
+         </list>
+      </property>
+      <property name="conditions">
+         <map>
+            <entry key="capabilityCondition.filling" value="true"/>
+         </map>
+      </property>
+      <property name="group"><ref bean="holdControlsGroup"/></property>
+      <property name="index" value="40" />
+   </bean>
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/messages/capability-service.properties b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/messages/capability-service.properties
index 0900e8a80a..e56b72bcee 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/messages/capability-service.properties
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/messages/capability-service.properties
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ capability.group.holdControls.title=Hold Controls
 capability.ExtendRetentionPeriodOrFreeze.title=Extend Retention Period or Freeze
 capability.Unfreeze.title=Unfreeze
 capability.ViewUpdateReasonsForFreeze.title=View Update Reasons for Freeze
+capability.CreateHold.title=Create Hold
 
 # Audit
 capability.group.audit.title=Audit
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsModel.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsModel.xml
index 951abbd776..e87e5d81d2 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsModel.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsModel.xml
@@ -102,13 +102,18 @@
       </type>
 
       <type name="rma:holdContainer">
-      	 <title>Hold Container</title>
+         <title>Hold Container</title>
          <parent>rma:recordsManagementContainer</parent>
          <mandatory-aspects>
             <aspect>rma:countable</aspect>
          </mandatory-aspects>
       </type>
-      
+
+      <type name="rma:holdContainerChild">
+         <title>Hold Container Child</title>
+         <parent>rma:recordsManagementContainer</parent>
+      </type>
+
       <type name="rma:transferContainer">
       	 <title>Transfer Container</title>
          <parent>rma:recordsManagementContainer</parent>
@@ -738,7 +743,7 @@
                <title>Original Name</title>
                <type>d:text</type>
                <protected>true</protected>
-            </property>            
+            </property>
 
          </properties>
 
@@ -751,7 +756,7 @@
 
       </aspect>
 
-      <!--  Marker aspect used to indicate an aspect is used for record meta-data    -->
+      <!--  Marker aspect used to indicate an aspect is used for record meta-data -->
       <!--  @deprecated since 2.2, record metadata aspects are configured via spring -->
       <!--              using a bootstrap bean                                       -->
       <aspect name="rma:recordMetaData">
@@ -1139,7 +1144,7 @@
             </property>
          </properties>
       </aspect>
-      
+
       <!--  Helper aspect that can be used to keep a count -->
       <aspect name="rma:countable">
          <title>Countable aspect</title>
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsPermissionModel.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsPermissionModel.xml
index d8837a25e7..92345a652e 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsPermissionModel.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/recordsPermissionModel.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
             <includePermissionGroup type="rma:filePlanComponent" permissionGroup="LinkToRecords"/>
             <!-- Since V2.2 -->
             <includePermissionGroup type="rma:filePlanComponent" permissionGroup="FileTransferReport"/>
+            <includePermissionGroup type="rma:filePlanComponent" permissionGroup="CreateHold"/>
         </permissionGroup>
 
         <permissionGroup name="Filing" allowFullControl="false" expose="true">
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@
 
         <!--  Added since V2.2 -->
         <permissionGroup name="FileTransferReport" expose="false" allowFullControl="false"/>
+        <permissionGroup name="CreateHold" expose="false" allowFullControl="false"/>
 
         <!--  End -->
 
@@ -448,6 +450,12 @@
             <grantedToGroup permissionGroup="LinkToRecords"/>
         </permission>
 
+        <!--  Added since V2.1 -->
+
+        <permission name="_CreateHold" expose="false">
+            <grantedToGroup permissionGroup="CreateHold"/>
+        </permission>
+
     </permissionSet>
 
 </permissions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-ui-evaluators-context.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-ui-evaluators-context.xml
index 657ef77e6f..ded4df5ea0 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-ui-evaluators-context.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-ui-evaluators-context.xml
@@ -782,4 +782,15 @@
       <property name="capability" value="EndRetention" />
    </bean>
 
+   <bean id="jsonConversionComponent.newHold"
+         parent="jsonConversionComponent.baseAction">
+      <property name="name" value="newHold"/>
+      <property name="kinds">
+         <set>
+            <value>HOLD</value>
+            <value>HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD</value>
+         </set>
+      </property>
+      <property name="capability" value="CreateHold"/>
+   </bean>
 </beans>
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/security/rm-default-roles-bootstrap.json b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/security/rm-default-roles-bootstrap.json
index 63bdbfce25..276df24eec 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/security/rm-default-roles-bootstrap.json
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/security/rm-default-roles-bootstrap.json
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@
           "FileUnfiledRecords",
           "RejectRecords",
           "LinkToRecords",
-          "FileTransferReport"
+          "FileTransferReport",
+          "CreateHold"
       ]
    },
    {
@@ -205,8 +206,8 @@
           "FileUnfiledRecords",
           "RejectRecords",
           "LinkToRecords",
-          "FileTransferReport"
+          "FileTransferReport",
+          "CreateHold"
       ]
    }
-]
-
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary-v2/rm-filters.lib.js b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary-v2/rm-filters.lib.js
index e43b5a60bc..20815fa64f 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary-v2/rm-filters.lib.js
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary-v2/rm-filters.lib.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Filters.getFilterParams = function RecordsManagementFilter_getFilterParams(filte
 
       case "transfers":
       case "holds":
+         filterParams.variablePath = false;
          if (filterData == null)
          {
             filterParams.query = "";
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanComponentKind.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanComponentKind.java
index 2edfad0d4b..acdf9a3136 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanComponentKind.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanComponentKind.java
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.fileplan;
  * <br>
  * Helpful when trying to determine the characteristics of a kind
  * of file plan component.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Roy Wetherall
  */
 public enum FilePlanComponentKind
 {
-    FILE_PLAN_COMPONENT, 
-    FILE_PLAN, 
-    RECORD_CATEGORY, 
-    RECORD_FOLDER, 
-    RECORD, 
-    TRANSFER, 
-    HOLD, 
+    FILE_PLAN_COMPONENT,
+    FILE_PLAN,
+    RECORD_CATEGORY,
+    RECORD_FOLDER,
+    RECORD,
+    TRANSFER,
+    HOLD,
+    HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD,
     DISPOSITION_SCHEDULE,
     UNFILED_RECORD_CONTAINER,
     UNFILED_RECORD_CONTAINER_CHILD;
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanServiceImpl.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanServiceImpl.java
index f2a6a68e25..6d3b16d27b 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanServiceImpl.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/fileplan/FilePlanServiceImpl.java
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ public class FilePlanServiceImpl extends ServiceBaseImpl
             {
                 result = FilePlanComponentKind.HOLD;
             }
+            else if (instanceOf(nodeRef, TYPE_HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD))
+            {
+                result = FilePlanComponentKind.HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD;
+            }
             else if (getTransferService().isTransfer(nodeRef) == true)
             {
                 result = FilePlanComponentKind.TRANSFER;
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/jscript/app/JSONConversionComponent.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/jscript/app/JSONConversionComponent.java
index 9c0a295373..94ab8458c9 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/jscript/app/JSONConversionComponent.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/jscript/app/JSONConversionComponent.java
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ public class JSONConversionComponent extends org.alfresco.repo.jscript.app.JSONC
                     result = "hold-container";
                     break;
                 }
+                case HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD:
+                {
+                    result = "hold-container-child";
+                    break;
+                }
                 case TRANSFER:
                 {
                     result = "transfer-container";
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/RecordsManagementModel.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/RecordsManagementModel.java
index 2f161b12a3..296ee54637 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/RecordsManagementModel.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/model/RecordsManagementModel.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public interface RecordsManagementModel extends RecordsManagementCustomModel
 
     // Hold container
     public static final QName TYPE_HOLD_CONTAINER = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "holdContainer");
-    
+    public static final QName TYPE_HOLD_CONTAINER_CHILD = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "holdContainerChild");
+
     // Transfer container
     public static final QName TYPE_TRANSFER_CONTAINER = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "transferContainer");
 
@@ -255,9 +256,9 @@ public interface RecordsManagementModel extends RecordsManagementCustomModel
     public static final QName PROP_RECORD_REJECTION_USER_ID = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "recordRejectionUserId");
     public static final QName PROP_RECORD_REJECTION_DATE = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "recordRejectionDate");
     public static final QName PROP_RECORD_REJECTION_REASON = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "recordRejectionReason");
-    
+
     // Countable aspect
     public static final QName ASPECT_COUNTABLE = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "countable");
     public static final QName PROP_COUNT = QName.createQName(RM_URI, "count");
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/patch/v22/RMv22CapabilityPatch.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/patch/v22/RMv22CapabilityPatch.java
index 73199bcb9d..00f47a7865 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/patch/v22/RMv22CapabilityPatch.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/patch/v22/RMv22CapabilityPatch.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
  */
 public class RMv22CapabilityPatch extends AbstractModulePatch
 {
-    
+
     /** File plan service */
     private FilePlanService filePlanService;
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class RMv22CapabilityPatch extends AbstractModulePatch
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * @see org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.patch.AbstractModulePatch#applyInternal()
      */
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ public class RMv22CapabilityPatch extends AbstractModulePatch
                           "FileDestructionReport",
                           FilePlanRoleService.ROLE_ADMIN,
                           FilePlanRoleService.ROLE_RECORDS_MANAGER);
+            addCapability(filePlan,
+                          "CreateHold",
+                          FilePlanRoleService.ROLE_ADMIN,
+                          FilePlanRoleService.ROLE_RECORDS_MANAGER);
         }
     }
 }