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The County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) (Amendment) Order 2019

S.I. 2019/903 · Made 24 April 2019

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County Court, England And Wales

Made 24th April 2019

Laid before Parliament 1st May 2019

Coming into force 27th May 2019

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 74 of the County Courts Act 1984f1 and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 28; section 74 was amended by section 2 of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c. 42), section 17(5) of, and paragraphs 1 and 10(1)(b) of Schedule 9 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) and article 2 of S.I. 2014/1773.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the County Courts (Interest on Judgement Debts) Order 1991
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) (Amendment) Order 2019 and shall come into force on 27th May 2019.

2Amendment of the County Courts (Interest on Judgement Debts) Order 1991

(1)

Article 2 (the general rule) of the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1), after “given” insert “, unless the court orders otherwise”.

(3)

In paragraph (2), after “from that later date” insert “, unless the court orders otherwise”.

(4)

After paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

The court may order that interest shall begin to run from a date before the date on which the relevant judgment is given.”.

Signature

Lucy Frazer

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

23rd April 2019

We concur,

Rebecca Harris

Jeremy Quin

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

24th April 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 to enable the court to order interest on a judgment debt to run from a different date than the date when the judgment is given or the amount of the judgment is determined. The date could be from a date that is before the date of the judgment.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.