{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-83.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-83.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/83.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "83.1",
  "heading": "Scope and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Part contains general rules about writs and warrants as follows—\n(a) Section II relates to writs and warrants;\n(b) Section III relates to writs only; and\n(c) Section IV relates to warrants only.\n(2) In this Part—\n(a) “the Act” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;\n(b) “the creditor” means a person who has obtained or who is entitled to enforce a judgment or order;\n(c) “the debtor” means a person against whom a judgment or order was given or made;\n(d) “enforcement agent” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 12;\n(e) “enforcement officer” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under Schedule 7 to the Courts Act 2003;\n(f) “relevant enforcement officer” means—\n(i) in relation to a writ of execution or a writ of control which is directed to a single enforcement officer, that officer; and\n(ii) in relation to a writ of execution or writ of control which is directed to two or more enforcement officers, the officer to whom the writ is allocated;\n(g) “Schedule 12” means Schedule 12 to the Act;\n(h) “TCG procedure” means the procedure in Schedule 12 to take control of goods and sell them to recover a sum in accordance with that Schedule and regulations made under it;\n(i) “TCG Regulations” means the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013;\n(j) “warrant of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Act;\n(k) “writ of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Act;\n(l) “writ of execution” includes—\n(i) a writ of possession;\n(ii) a writ of delivery;\n(iii) a writ of sequestration;\n(iv) a writ of fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis,\nand any further writ in aid of any such writs, but does not include a writ of control.\n(3) This Part does not apply where an application is made seeking confiscation of assets as a punishment for contempt of court. Any such application must be made under Part 81 and not under this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 83 inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rule 2(3), Sch. (with rule 41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 83.1(3) inserted (6.4.2021) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/117), rules 1(1), 19(2) (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/83.1",
    "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."
}