{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-73.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-73.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/73.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "73.3",
  "heading": "Application for charging order",
  "text": "(1) An application for a charging order may be made without notice.\n(2) Where an application for a charging order is to be made to the County Court, it must be made to the Civil National Business Centre unless the application is for a charging order over an interest in a fund in court.\n(3) An application to the County Court for a charging order over an interest in a fund in court must be made to the County Court hearing centre where the order or judgment was made.\n(Section 1 of the 1979 Act sets out when applications are to be made to the County Court and when they are to be made to the Family Court or the High Court.)\n(4) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a judgment creditor may apply for a single charging order in respect of more than one judgment or order against the same judgment debtor.\n(5) The application notice must—\n(a) be in the form and contain the information required by Practice Direction 73; and\n(b) be verified by a statement of truth.\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 73 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 4 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rules 73.1-73.10C substituted for rules 73.1-73.10 (6.4.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/234), rules 2, 14, Sch. 1 (with rule 24)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 73.3(2) substituted (14.8.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(2), 31(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 73.3(8) moved to become rule 73.7(8) (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 36"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/73.3",
    "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."
}