{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-rules-2011/rule-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-rules-2011/rule-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1734",
  "legislation_title": "The Court Funds Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-rules-2011",
  "path": "rule/22",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Documents required for payment",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that the Accountant General shall make a payment from a fund in court if provided with a payment schedule signed and authenticated by a court.\n(2) The general rule—\n(a) applies subject to rule 22A; and\n(b) does not apply if payment is made under one of the following paragraphs in this rule.\n(3) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), where a deputy has been appointed, the Accountant General shall only make a payment from a fund in court if provided with:\n(a) a written request from the deputy; and\n(b) a sealed copy of the court order authorising the payment.\n(4) Where an enactment requires specific authority for payment, the Accountant General shall only make a payment from a fund in court if provided with:\n(a) a written request; and\n(b) any authority required to permit payment under the enactment.\n(5) Where a court has ordered that a person may apply directly to the Court Funds Office for payment of a fund in court on or after reaching their majority, the Accountant General shall only make a payment from the fund in court if provided with a written request from that person.\n(6) Where the Court of Protection is satisfied that a person no longer lacks capacity in relation to a fund in court to which that person is entitled, the Accountant General shall only make a payment from the fund in court if provided with:\n(a) a written request; and\n(b) a sealed copy of the court order.\n(7) Where the Court of Protection has ordered a payment from a fund in court be made to a person other than the person entitled to the fund in court or a deputy, the Accountant General shall only make a payment from the fund in court if provided with:\n(a) a payment schedule signed and authenticated by the court; or\n(b) (i) a written request; and\n(ii) a sealed copy of the court order authorising the payment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 22(2) substituted (27.10.2023) by The Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/987), rules 1(1), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 22 in force at 3.10.2011, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1734/rule/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:39.847492+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."
}