{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-enforcement-default-and-termination-notices-regulations-1983/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-enforcement-default-and-termination-notices-regulations-1983/schedule-1/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1561",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Credit (Enforcement, Default and Termination Notices) Regulations 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-enforcement-default-and-termination-notices-regulations-1983",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A statement in the following form indicating that the debtor or hirer is entitled to apply under section 129 of the Act in England and Wales to the county court, in Scotland to the sheriff court or in Northern Ireland to the High Court or the county court for a time order—\n“ If you have difficulty in paying any sum owed under this agreement, you can apply to the court for an order to give you [or a surety] more time to pay any sum owed or take any other action required by this notice. The Government’s Money Advice Service can help you explore this option.\n[A surety, typically a guarantor, is someone who provided security to help ensure any amount you owe under this agreement is repaid.]”\nNotes:\n1)This statement must immediately follow the statement specified in paragraph 6.\n2)The creditor or owner must omit the final sentence in square brackets where either regulation 2(6A)(a)(i) or (ii) has been exercised.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 7 (2.12.2020) by The Consumer Credit (Enforcement, Default and Termination Notices) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1248), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 3(2) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in renumbered Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (2.12.2020) by The Consumer Credit (Enforcement, Default and Termination Notices) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1248), reg. 1, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 2(1) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 19.5.1985, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1561/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:56:13.605772+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."
}