{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-40.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-40.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/40.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "40.4",
  "heading": "Application for a charging order",
  "text": "(1) An application for a charging order may be made without notice.\n(2) An application must be made to the family court or to the High Court, as appropriate and as specified in section 1 of the 1979 Act.\n(His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service publishes information to identify the appropriate location of the family court or High Court to which an application for a charging order should be sent.)\n(3) A creditor may apply for a single charging order in respect of more than one judgment or order against the same debtor.\n(4) The application must—\n(a) be in the form and contain the information required by Practice Direction 40A; and\n(b) be verified by a statement of truth.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 40 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/355), rules 1(2), 8(b), Sch. 2 (with rule 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 40.4(2) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/61), rules 1(3), 19"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/40.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}