Rule 128 Enforcement process and order
Northern Ireland
Proceedings under Article 107 [committal for default] of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 where no instalment order has been made by the Enforcement of Judgments Office under Article 30 of that Order shall be commenced by a process (in these Rules referred to as an “enforcement process”) requiring the debtor to appear personally on the date therein specified before a court of summary jurisdiction F1....
On the hearing of an enforcement process the court may make—
an order (in these Rules referred to as an “enforcement order”) requiring the debtor to pay the amount due in such manner or by such instalments as the court thinks fit; or
such an order committing the debtor to prison as may be made under Rule 129.
An enforcement process shall specify the date of the original order made against the debtor and the amount he was ordered to pay thereunder and such order shall be produced at the hearing.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in rule 128(1) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(29); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)