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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. V (ss. 85-111) applied (1.1.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 149(2), 358(1) (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4)
(1)[F1Subject to article 8 of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991,]any sum of money payable under a judgment or order of a county court may be recovered, in case of default or failure of payment, forthwith or at the time or times and in the manner thereby directed, [F2under a warrant under subsection (2).]
(2)The registrar, on the application of the party prosecuting any such judgment or order, shall issue a [F3warrant of control] whereby [F4any person authorised by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor is] empowered to [F5use the procedure in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (taking control of goods) to recover the money payable under the judgment or order.]
[F6(2A)The person to whom a warrant under subsection (2) must be directed is to be determined in accordance with arrangements made by a person authorised by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor.]
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(4)It shall be the duty of every constable within his jurisdiction to assist in the execution of every such warrant.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 85(1) inserted by S.I. 1991/724, art. 8(2)
F2Words in s. 85(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(2) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F3Words in s. 85(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(3)(a) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F4Words in s. 85(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 67, 148 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(a)
F5Words in s. 85(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(3)(b) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F6S. 85(2A) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(4) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F7S. 85(3) repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 85 extended (prosp.) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 42(2), 149(1)
C3S. 85 extended (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 42(2), 149(1); S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2, Sch. 2
C4S. 85(1)(2)(3) applied (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(1).
S. 85(4) restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.6.
(1)Where the court has made an order for payment of any sum of money by instalments, [F8a warrant of control to recover any of that sum] shall not be issued until after default in payment of some instalment according to the order.
(2)[F9Rules of court] may prescribe the cases in which [F10a warrant of control is to be issued] if there is any such default and limit the amounts for which and the times at which [F11a warrant of control may be issued].
(3)Except so far as may be otherwise provided by [F9rules of court] made for those purposes, [F12a warrant or successive warrants of control may be issued] if there is any such default for the whole of the said sum of money and costs then remaining unpaid or for such part as the court may order either at the time of the original order or at any subsequent time; but except so far as may be otherwise provided by such rules, [F13no warrant of control may be issued unless when it is issued] the whole or some part of an instalment which has already become due remains unpaid.
Textual Amendments
F8Words in s. 86(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 70(2) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F9Words in s. 86 substituted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 12, s. 10, Sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.I. 1997/841, art. 3(b), 4(c)
F10Words in s. 86(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 70(3)(a) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F11Words in s. 86(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 70(3)(b) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F12Words in s. 86(3) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 70(4)(a) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F13Words in s. 86(3) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 70(4)(b) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 86 restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art. 6.
(1)In or upon every [F15warrant of control] issued from a county court against the goods of any person, the registrar shall cause to be inserted or indorsed the total amount to be [F16recovered], inclusive of the fee for issuing the warrant but exclusive of the fees for its execution.
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Textual Amendments
F14S. 87 heading substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 71(4) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F15Words in s. 87(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 71(2)(a) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F16Word in s. 87(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 71(2)(b) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F17S. 87(2) repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 71(3), Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6S. 87 applied (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(1).
If at any time it appears to the satisfaction of the court that any party to any proceedings is unable from any cause to pay any sum recovered against him (whether by way of satisfaction of the claim or counterclaim in the proceedings or by way of costs or otherwise), or any instalment of such a sum, the court may, in its discretion, stay any execution issued in the proceedings for such time and on such terms as the court thinks fit, and so from time to time until it appears that the cause of inability has ceased.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7S. 88 restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.8.
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 89-91 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 72, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 89-91 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 72, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 89-91 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 72, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
(1)If any person rescues or attempts to rescue any goods seized in execution under process of a county court, he shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or both; or
(b)on an order made by the judge in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding one month to . . . F19 prison . . . F19or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to be so committed and to such a fine.
and a bailiff of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the judge.
(2)The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.
[F20(3)This section does not apply in the case of goods seized under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.]
Textual Amendments
F19Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F20S. 92(3) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 73 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C8S. 92 restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.10.
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Textual Amendments
F21Ss. 93-98 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F21Ss. 93-98 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F21Ss. 93-98 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F21Ss. 93-98 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F21Ss. 93-98 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F21Ss. 93-98 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
(1)This section applies to—
(a)a warrant of control issued under section 85(2);
(b)a warrant of delivery or of possession, but only if it includes a power to take control of and sell goods to recover a sum of money and only for the purposes of exercising that power.
(2)The person to whom the warrant is directed must, as soon as possible after receiving it, endorse it by inserting on the back the date and time when he received it.
(3)No fee may be charged for endorsing a warrant under this section.]
Textual Amendments
F22S. 99 substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 69, 148 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C9Ss. 96-99 applied (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(1).
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Textual Amendments
F23S. 100 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 74, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(b): S.I. 2014/830, art. 2); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
(1)If a claim is made to or in respect of any goods seized in execution under process of a county court, or in respect of the proceeds or value of any such goods, the registrar may, as well before as after any action brought against him, issue a summons calling before the court the party at whose instance the process issued and the party making the claim.
(2)Upon the issue of the summons, any action brought in any county court or other court in respect of the claim or of any damage arising out of the execution of the warrant shall be stayed.
(3)On the hearing of the summons, the judge shall adjudicate upon the claim, and shall also adjudicate between the parties or either of them and the registrar upon any claim to damages arising or capable of arising out of the execution of the warrant by the registrar, and shall make such order in respect of any such claim and the costs of the proceedings as he thinks fit.
[F24(4)This section does not apply in the case of goods seized under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.]
Textual Amendments
F24S. 101(4) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 75 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C10S. 101 applied (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(1).
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Textual Amendments
F25S. 102 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 76, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
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Textual Amendments
F26S. 103 repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 76, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
(1)Where a writ against the goods of any person issued from the High Court is delivered to an enforcement officer who is under a duty to execute the writ or to a sheriff, then on demand from the district judge of a county court that person shall—
(a)in the case of an enforcement officer, by writing signed by that officer or a person acting under his authority, and
(b)in the case of a sheriff, by writing signed by any clerk in the office of the under-sheriff,
inform the district judge of the precise time the writ was delivered to him.
(2)[F28The person to whom a warrant issued by the county court is directed] shall on demand show his warrant to any enforcement officer, any person acting under the authority of an enforcement officer and any sheriff’s officer.
(3)Any writing purporting to be signed as mentioned in subsection (1) and the endorsement on any warrant issued from a county court shall respectively be sufficient justification to any district judge, or enforcement officer or sheriff, acting on it.
(4) In this section “ enforcement officer ” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under the Courts Act 2003. ]
Textual Amendments
F27S. 104 substituted (15.3.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 275; S.I. 2004/401, art. 2(b)(vi) (with art. 3)
F28Words in s. 104(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 77 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C11S. 104 applied (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(1).
Textual Amendments
F29S. 105 repealed (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20; S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2,Sch.
Textual Amendments
F30S. 106 repealed (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20; S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2, Sch.
(1)The power of the county court to appoint a receiver by way of equitable execution shall operate in relation to all legal estates and interests in land.
(2)The said power may be exercised in relation to an estate or interest in land whether or not a charge has been imposed on that land under section 1 of the M1Charging Orders Act 1979 for the purpose of enforcing the judgment, decree, order or award in question, and the said power shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power of any court to appoint a receiver in proceedings for enforcing such a charge.
(3)Where an order under section 1 of the Charging Orders Act 1979 imposing a charge for the purpose of enforcing a judgment, decree, order or award has been registered under section 6 of the M2Land Charges Act 1972, subsection (4) of that section (which provides that, amongst other things, an order appointing a receiver and any proceedings pursuant to the order or in obedience to it, shall be void against a purchaser unless the order is for the time being registered under that section) shall not apply to an order appointing a receiver made either in proceedings for enforcing the charge or by way of equitable execution of the judgment, decree, order or award or, as the case may be, of so much of it as requires payment of moneys secured by the charge.
(1)Subject to any order for the time being in force under subsection (4), this section applies to [F31any deposit account, and any withdrawable share account, with a deposit-taker].
(2)In determining whether, for the purposes of the jurisdiction of the county court to attach debts for the purpose of satisfying judgments or orders for the payment of money, a sum standing to the credit of a person in an account to which this section applies is a sum due or accruing to that person and, as such, attachable in accordance with [F32rules of court], any condition mentioned in subsection (3) which applies to the account shall be disregarded.
(3)Those conditions are—
(a)any condition that notice is required before any money or share is withdrawn;
(b)any condition that a personal application must be made before any money or share is withdrawn;
(c)any condition that a deposit book or share-account book must be produced before any money or share is withdrawn; or
(d)any other prescribed condition.
(4)The Lord Chancellor may by order make such provision as he think fit, by way of amendment of this section or otherwise, for all or any of the following purposes, namely—
(a)including in, or excluding from, the accounts to which this section applies accounts of any description specified in the order;
(b)excluding from the accounts to which this section applies all accounts with any particular [F33deposit-taker] so specified or with any [F33deposit-taker] of a description so specified.
(5)An order under subsection (4) shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F31Words in s. 108(1) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 294(2)
F32Words in s. 108 substituted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 12, s. 10, Sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.I. 1997/841, art. 3(b), 4(c)
F33Words in s. 108(4)(b) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 294(3)
[F34(1)Where an [F35interim third party debt order] made in the exercise of the jurisdiction mentioned in subsection (2) of the preceding section is served on [F36a deposit-taker, it] may, subject to the provisions of this section, deduct from the relevant debt or debts an amount not exceeding the prescribed sum towards [F36its administrative and clerical expenses] of the institution in complying with the order; and the right F37. . . to make a deduction under this subsection shall be exercisable as from the time the [F38interim third party debt order] is served on it.
(1A) In subsection (1) “ the relevant debt or debts ”, in relation to an [F39 interim third party debt order ] served on [F40 a deposit-taker ] , means the amount, as at the time the order is served on [F40 it ] , of the debt or debts of which the whole or a part is expressed to be attached by the order.
(1B)A deduction may be made under subsection (1) in a case where the amount referred to in subsection (1A) is insufficient to cover both the amount of the deduction and the amount of the judgment debt and costs in respect of which the attachment was made, notwithstanding that the benefit of the attachment to the creditor is reduced as a result of the deduction.]
(2)[F41An amount may not in pursuance of subsection (1)]be deducted or, as the case may be, retained in a case where by virtue of [F42section [F43346 of the M3Insolvency Act 1986]]or section 325 of the M4Companies Act 1948 or otherwise, the creditor is not entitled to retain the benefit of the attachment.
(3)In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by an order made by the Lord Chancellor.
(4)An order under this section—
(a)may make different provision for different cases; . . . F44
(b)without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) may prescribe sums differing according to the amount due under the judgment or order to be satisfied.
[F45(c)may provide for this section not to apply to [F46deposit-taker] of any prescribed description.]
(5)Any such order shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F34S. 109(1),(1A),(1B) substituted for subsection (1) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), ss. 52(2), 65(9), Sch. 9 para. 11(2)
F35Words in s. 109(1) substituted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/439), art. 7
F36Words in s. 109(1) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 295(2)(a)(b)
F37Words in s. 109(1) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 295(2)(c)
F38Words in s. 109(1) substituted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/439), art. 7
F39Words in s. 109(1A) substituted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/439), art. 7
F40Words in s. 109(1A) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 295(3)(a)(b)
F41Words substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), ss. 52(3), 69(5), Sch. 9 para. 11(2)
F42Words substituted by virtue of Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 235, Sch. 8 para. 38(4), Sch. 9 para. 11(2)
F43Words substituted by virtue of Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(2), Sch. 14
F44Word repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), ss. 52(4), 67(2), 69(5), Sch. 8 Pt. II, Sch. 9 para. 11(2)
F45S. 109(4)(c) inserted by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), ss. 52(4), 69(5), Sch. 9 para. 11(2)
F46Words in s. 109(4)(c) substituted (1.12.2001) by virtue of S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 295(4)
Marginal Citations
M31986 c. 45 (66)
(1)If a debtor summoned to attend a county court by a judgment summons fails to attend on the day and at the time fixed for any hearing of the summons, the judge may adjourn or further adjourn the summons to a specified time on a specified day and order the debtor to attend at that time on that day.
(2)If—
(a)a debtor, having been ordered under subsection (1) to attend at a specified time on a specified day, fails to do so; F47. . .
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the judge may make an order committing him to prison for a period not exceeding 14 days in respect of the failure or refusal.
(3)In any case where the judge has power to make an order of committal under subsection (2) for failure to attend, he may in lieu of or in addition to making that order, order the debtor to be arrested and brought before the court either forthwith or at such time as the judge may direct.
(4)A debtor shall not be committed to prison under subsection (2) for having failed to attend as required by an order under subsection (1) unless there was paid to him at the time of the service of the judgment summons, or paid or tendered to him at the time of the service of the order, such sum in respect of his expenses as may be prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(5)The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.
Textual Amendments
F47Word in s. 110(2)(a) omitted (25.3.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/439), art. 8(a)
F48S. 110(2)(b) omitted (25.3.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/439), art. 8(b)
(1)For the purpose of executing a warrant to give possession of any premises, it shall not be necessary to remove any goods from those premises.
(2)The duration of any warrant of possession issued by a county court to enforce a judgment or order for the recovery of land or for the delivery of possession of land shall be such as may be fixed by or in accordance with [F49rules of court].
Textual Amendments
F49Words in s. 111 substituted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 12, s. 10, Sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.I. 1997/841, art. 3(b), 4(c)
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