{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-51.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/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Charges in respect of rates",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order or any other statutory provision, a charge under Article 46 shall, if it is founded on a judgment in respect of rates payable in respect of the land which is the subject of the charge, have priority over all other charges and incumbrances whatever affecting that land except—\n(a) Crown rents, quit rents and rent charges in lieu of tithes; and\n(b) any (or any other) charge or incumbrance whatsoever securing money due to the Crown.\n(2) In this Article “rates” includes regional rate and district rate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/226/article/51",
    "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."
}