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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-85.2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/85.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "85.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n(a) “the Act” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;\n(b) “claim to controlled goods” is a claim made under paragraph 60(1) of Schedule 12;\n(c) “a claim to exempt goods” means a claim by a debtor whose goods have been subject to an enforcement power under an enactment, writ or warrant of control or the right to execute conferred by a writ of execution, that such goods are exempt goods;\n(d) “claimant to controlled goods” means any person making a claim to controlled goods;\n(e) “claimant to executed goods” means any person making a claim to executed goods;\n(f) “the court” has the meaning given in paragraph 60(8) of Schedule 12, in respect of a claim to controlled goods;\n(g) “debtor’s home court” means the Central Office or District Registry of the High Court or the County Court hearing centre serving the address where the debtor resides or carries on business;\n(h) “enforcement agent” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 12;\n(i) “enforcement officer” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under the Courts Act 2003;\n(j) “executed goods” means goods subject to a writ of execution;\n(k) “exempt goods” —\n(i) in respect of controlled goods has the meaning given in paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 12 and defined in regulations 4 and 5 of the TCG Regulations; and\n(ii) in respect of executed goods has the meaning given in paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 7 to the Courts Act 2003;\n(l) “goods subject to enforcement” refers to either controlled goods or executed goods;\n(m) “relevant enforcement officer” means—\n(i) in relation to a writ of execution which is directed to a single enforcement officer, that officer; and\n(ii) in relation to a writ of execution which is directed to two or more enforcement officers, the officer to whom the writ is allocated;\n(n) “required payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 60(4) of Schedule 12;\n(o) “Schedule 12” means Schedule 12 to the Act;\n(p) “TCG Regulations” means the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013;\n(q) “warrant of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Act;\n(r) “writ of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Act;\n(s) “writ of execution” includes—\n(i) a writ of possession;\n(ii) a writ of delivery;\n(iii) a writ of sequestration;\n(iv) writs relating to ecclesiastical property, namely—\n(aa) a writ of fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis;\n(bb) a writ of sequestrari de bonis ecclesiasticis,\nand any further writ in aid of any such writs, but does not include a writ of control;\n(t) the following words or phrases have the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12, in respect of a claim to controlled goods—\n(i) “creditor”;\n(ii) “debt”;\n(iii) “debtor”;\n(iv) “enforcement power”;\n(u) the following words or phrases have the meaning given in paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 12—\n(i) “control”;\n(ii) “controlled goods”;\n(iii) “co-owner”;\n(iv) “disposal”;\n(v) “interest”;\n(vi) “money”;\n(vi) “premises”;\n(vii) “securities”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 85 inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rule 2(3), Sch. (with rule 41)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/85.2",
    "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."
}