{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-74.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-74.9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/74.9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "74.9",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) No steps may be taken to enforce the judgment—\n(a) before the end of the period specified in accordance with rule 74.6(3)(d), or that period as extended by the court; or\n(b) where there is an application under rule 74.7 ..., until the application ... has been determined.\n(3) Any party wishing to enforce a judgment ... must file evidence of the service on the judgment debtor of—\n(a) the registration order; and\n(b) any other relevant order of the court.\n(4) Nothing in this rule prevents the court from making orders to preserve the property of the judgment debtor pending final determination of any issue relating to the enforcement of the judgment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 74 inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 74.9 substituted (10.1.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2948), rules 2, 5(12) (with rule 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 74.9(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 15(13)(a) (with regs. 26, 27) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(i)(j)(4)(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 74.9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 15(13)(b) (with regs. 26, 27) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(i)(j)(4)(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 74.9(2)(b) omitted (coming into force in accordance with rule 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/595), rule 4(9)(a) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 74.9(2)(b) omitted (coming into force in accordance with rule 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/595), rule 4(9)(b) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 74.9(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 15(13)(c) (with regs. 26, 27) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(i)(j)(4)(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/74.9",
    "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."
}