{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-32.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/226",
  "legislation_title": "Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Property which may be seized",
  "text": "Subject to Article 33, an order of seizure shall be authority for the seizure of property of any of the following descriptions:—\n(a) goods in which the debtor has a saleable interest in his own right;\n(b) money, bills of exchange, bonds and promissory notes and any other securities for money, belonging to the debtor;\n(c) any life policy in which the debtor has a sole beneficial interest, if the amount assured by the policy is not less than £100 and the surrender value of the policy exceeds £25;\n(d) goods of the debtor's spouse or civil partner, where it appears to the Office that the judgment debt relates to—\n(i) goods obtained or services rendered; or\n(ii) the rent of, or rates due in respect of the occupation of, premises;\nfor the general use or enjoyment of the debtor, his spouse or civil partner and his dependants residing with him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 c. 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/226/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:20.705084+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."
}