{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/28",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Execution of judgments or orders for payment of money.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 8 of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991,any sum of money payable under a judgment or order of the county court may be recovered, in case of default or failure of payment, forthwith or at the time or times and in the manner thereby directed, under a warrant under subsection (2).\n(2) A judge of the county court, on the application of the party prosecuting any such judgment or order, shall issue a warrant of control whereby any person authorised by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor is empowered to use the procedure in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (taking control of goods) to recover the money payable under the judgment or order.\n(2A) The person to whom a warrant under subsection (2) must be directed is to be determined in accordance with arrangements made by a person authorised by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) It shall be the duty of every constable within his jurisdiction to assist in the execution of every such warrant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(1) inserted by S.I. 1991/724, art. 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in ss. 36-147 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3 and with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(2) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(35)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(3)(a) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 67, 148 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 85(2) substituted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(3)(b) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 85(2A) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(4) (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 85(3) repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 69(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 85 extended (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 42(2), 149(1); S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 85 extended (6.4.2015) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/879), regs. 1(2), 29(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 85 applied (29.4.2026) by Pension Schemes Act 2026 (c. 22), ss. 32(6), 133(4)(b) (with s. 35)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 85(1)(2)(3) applied (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.4(1).S. 85(4) restricted (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2073, art.6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/28/section/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:02:30.128313+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."
}