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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-70",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/70",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "GENERAL RULES ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OFJUDGMENTS AND ORDERS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nScope of this Part and interpretation\nRule 70.1\nApplication for order\nRule 70.1A\nMethods of enforcing judgments or orders\nRule 70.2\nCourt may order act to be done at expense of disobedient party\nRule 70.2A\nTransfer of proceedings for enforcement\nRule 70.3\nEnforcement of judgment or order by or against non-party\nRule 70.4\nEnforcement of decisions of bodies other than the High Court and the County Court and compromises enforceable by enactment\nRule 70.5\nEffect of setting aside judgment or order\nRule 70.6\nDebt respite scheme\nRule 70.7",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 70 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 1 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 70 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/747), rules 1(1), 12(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 70 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 30(a) (with rule 41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 70 Table of Contents substituted (6.4.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/3327), rules 1, 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(iii); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 70 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2021) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/117), rules 1(1), 16(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pts. 70-74 applied (with modifications) (30.12.2005) by The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2795), rule 5(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 70 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 70 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 33.2 (with rules 2.1, 33.1(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 70 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2017) by The Court of Protection Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1035), rules 24.2(a), 24.6(1)"
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
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