{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-71.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-71.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/71.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "71.5",
  "heading": "Judgment creditor’s affidavit",
  "text": "(1) The judgment creditor must file an affidavit(GL) or affidavits—\n(a) by the person who served the order (unless it was served by the court) giving details of how and when it was served;\n(b) stating either that—\n(i) the person ordered to attend court has not requested payment of his travelling expenses; or\n(ii) the judgment creditor has paid a sum in accordance with such a request; and\n(c) stating how much of the judgment debt remains unpaid.\n(2) The judgment creditor must either—\n(a) file the affidavit(GL) or affidavits not less than 2 days before the hearing; or\n(b) produce it or them at the hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 71 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 2 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 71 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 71 applied (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 33.23 (with rules 2.1, 33.1(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/71.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}