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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-72.7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2792",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2001",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/72.7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "72.7",
  "heading": "Arrangements for debtors in hardship",
  "text": "(1) If—\n(a) a judgment debtor is an individual;\n(b) he is prevented from withdrawing money from his account with a bank or building society as a result of an interim third party debt order; and\n(c) he or his family is suffering hardship in meeting ordinary living expenses as a result,\nthe court may, on an application by the judgment debtor, make an order permitting the bank or building society to make a payment or payments out of the account (“a hardship payment order”).\n(2) An application for a hardship payment order may be made—\n(a) in High Court proceedings, at the Royal Courts of Justice or to any district registry; and\n(b) in county court proceedings, to any county court.\n(3) A judgment debtor may only apply to one court for a hardship payment order.\n(4) An application notice seeking a hardship payment order must—\n(a) include detailed evidence explaining why the judgment debtor needs a payment of the amount requested; and\n(b) be verified by a statement of truth.\n(5) Unless the court orders otherwise, the application notice—\n(a) must be served on the judgment creditor at least 2 days before the hearing; but\n(b) does not need to be served on the third party.\n(6) A hardship payment order may—\n(a) permit the third party to make one or more payments out of the account; and\n(b) specify to whom the payments may be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2792/schedule/3/paragraph/72.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:31:31.585843+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}