{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/distress-for-rent-rules-1988/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/distress-for-rent-rules-1988/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2050",
  "legislation_title": "The Distress for Rent Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/distress-for-rent-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Security",
  "text": "(1) The applicant shall be required to\n(a) lodge in court by way of bond or deposit, or\n(b) satisfy the Judge or Registrar that there is subsisting by way of bond or deposit,\nsecurity totalling £10,000 in the case of a general certificate or £750 in the case of a special certificate.\n(2) The security referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be for the due performance of the bailiff ’s duties and for any reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred in the investigation of any complaint lodged against the bailiff, or in the cancellation of his certificate, and shall be applied in accordance with rules 8 and 9.\n(3) Where a deposit is lodged in court under paragraph (1) above, the provisions of the Court Funds Rules shall apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "continued",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/421",
      "affecting_title": "The Certification of Enforcement Agents Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2050/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:26.022058+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."
}