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The Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/697 · Made 23 June 2026

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES

MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 23rd June 2026

Laid before Parliament 29th June 2026

Coming into force 20th July 2026

The Lord Chancellor makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 98(1), (2) and (3) and 108(6) of the Courts Act 2003f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 39; paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 98 were amended by section 48 of, and paragraph 55 of Schedule 8 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) and paragraph 40 of Schedule 9 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Section 108(6) was amended by paragraph 348 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendments of the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Regulations 2005
  3. 3Transitional Provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 20th July 2026.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

2Amendments of the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Regulations 2005

(1)

The Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Regulations 2005f1 are amended as follows—

(2)

In regulation 10 (information contained in the appropriate officer’s return)—

(a)

The existing text becomes paragraph (1); and

(b)

 In paragraph (1), as so renumbered, after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

subject to paragraph (2), the full name of the claimant for whom the entry in the Register is to be made;”;

(c)

 After paragraph (1), as so renumbered, insert—

“(2)

Paragraph (1)(aa) does not apply—

(a)

where the identity of the claimant is protected by—

(i)

an order of the court made pursuant to rule 39.2(4) of the 1998 Rules; or

(ii)

any enactment that confers anonymity on the claimant;

(b)

to administration orders made under section 112 of the County Courts Act 1984;

(c)

to tribunal decisions made by—

(i)

the First-tier Tribunal,

(ii)

the Upper Tribunal,

(iii)

an employment tribunal, or

(iv)

the Employment Appeal Tribunal,

in pursuance of which a sum of money is payable.”.

3Transitional Provision

(1)

Where a return is received by the Registrar within the transitional period, the duty of the Registrar under regulation 8(2) of the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Regulations 2005 to record the details from a return sent in accordance with paragraph (1) of that regulation will not extend to recording the name of the claimant on the Register until the day after the last day of the transitional period.

(2)

In this regulation “transitional period” means the period beginning with 20 July 2026 and ending with 19 October 2026.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Sarah Sackman

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

23rd June 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3595) (“the 2005 Regulations”) to require the inclusion of the names of claimants of money judgments within the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines, which was established under section 98(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 10 of the 2005 Regulations to include the claimant’s name in the list of information contained in the appropriate officer’s return sent pursuant to regulation 8(1) of the 2005 Regulations. However, these details will not be included where the claimant has been granted anonymity, or in the case of administration orders, or tribunal decisions of the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, an employment tribunal, or Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Regulation 3 makes transitional provisions related to the amendments introduced by regulation 2, providing a three-month period between the sharing of data and its publication in the Register. During the transitional period, the Registrar’s duty to record details from the returns does not include the claimant’s name. “Register” and “Registrar” are terms defined within the 2005 Regulations.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.