{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-72.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-72.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/72.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "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 hearing centre.\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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 72 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 3 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "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": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 72.7(2)(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 32(b) (with rule 41(2)-(5)); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 72 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/72.7",
    "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."
}