Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Register of County Court Judgments Regulations 1985 following the restriction of county courts' banking function by the County Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules 1989 (S.I. 1989/1838).
The main change is that judgments will be registered on entry (instead of 28 days later as at present) unless they are exempt from registration under regulation 5. Judgments which are exempt from registration are —
judgments given after a contested hearing where the defendant does not ask for time to pay; such judgments are exempt from registration until the creditor proceeds to enforcement; and
judgments which are stayed pending an appeal or a retrial (regulation 3).
Judgments for sums of less than £1 are not subject to registration (regulation 2); the present minimum is £10.
Where a judgment has been entered on the Register and the debtor shows that he has paid the judgment in full within one month, he is given the right to have the entry cancelled and not merely marked as satisfied (regulation 5).
A number of other minor amendments are made to the Regulations (regulations 4 and 6 to 8).