Article 5 Amendments to Distress for Rent Rules 1988

for the definition of “Proper officer” there shall be substituted:

• ““court officer” has the meaning given in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998^f1;”;

after the definition of “Court Funds Rules” there shall be inserted:

• ““Table” means the table set out in Appendix 3 to these Rules;

• “home county court” means, in relation to any person, the county court in whose district that person has his principal place of business or his main residence;

• “issuing county court” means a county court whose name appears in column 2 of the Table; and “the applicant’s issuing county court” means, in relation to an applicant, the county court whose name appears in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of his home county court;

• “issuing area” means, in relation to an issuing county court, the area constituted by the district of that issuing county court and the districts of any other county courts whose names appear in column 1 of the Table opposite the name of that issuing county court;

• “appropriate newspaper” means a local newspaper appearing in a list of local newspapers approved by the court officer of the issuing county court for the purpose of publication of notices under rule 5(5).”.