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The Distress for Rent (Amendment) (No. 3) Rules 1999

S.I. 1999/3186 · Made 26 November 1999

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DISTRESS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 26th November 1999

Coming into force in accordance with rule 1

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 8 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888f1, and section 3 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1895f2, hereby makes the following Rules:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1888 c. 21.

f2

1895 c. 24.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to Distress for Rent Rules 1988
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Distress for Rent (Amendment) (No. 3) Rules 1999 and shall come into force:

(a)

as to rule 2(b), on 31st January 2000; and

(b)

as to the remainder of these Rules, on 20th December 1999.

2Amendments to Distress for Rent Rules 1988

The following entries in Appendix 3 to the Distress for Rent Rules 1988f1 shall be deleted:

(a)

the entry relating to Bridgwater; and

(b)

the entries relating to Grays Thurrock and Great Yarmouth.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy

Parliamentary Secretary

Lord Chancellor’s Department

26th November 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules are consequential on the closure, by virtue of the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1999, of the county courts at Bridgwater, Grays Thurrock and Great Yarmouth, and removes references to them from the list of county courts in Appendix 3 to the Distress for Rent Rules 1988.