Article 9 Amendments to Distress for Rent Rules 1988

In rule 5(2) for “An application for a general certificate in Form 3 shall not be granted” there shall be substituted “No application for a certificate shall be granted”.

After rule 5(4) there shall be inserted:

“(5)

The applicant shall cause to be published in an appropriate newspaper a notice in the form set out in paragraph (7) so that the notice appears in three separate editions of that newspaper during the 60 days prior to the hearing of the application.

(6)

The applicant shall, not less than three days before the hearing of the application, file with the court the editions of the appropriate newspaper (or extracts from it) showing the notices referred to in paragraph (5).

(7)

The form of the notice to be published by the applicant shall be:

• Notice is hereby given that [name] of [business name and address] has applied to the Judge at [ ] county court for a Bailiff’s Certificate. Any person who knows of a reason why [name] is not a fit and proper person to be granted a certificate should write to the Court Manager at [name and address of county court] before [date of hearing of application].

(8)

Each issuing county court shall compile and maintain a list of appropriate newspapers published within its issuing area and copies of the list shall be:

(a)

exhibited in the public area of the court office of each county court in the issuing area; and

(b)

given to members of the public on request.”.