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Article 16

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Order 16, rule 7, shall be amended as follows:—

(1)

The following paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph (1):—

“(2)

Where judgment is given for the payment of any contribution or indemnity to a person who is under a liability to make a payment in respect of the same debt or damage, execution shall not issue on the judgment without the leave of the Court until that liability has been discharged.

(3)

For the purpose of paragraph (2) `liability' includes liability under a judgment in the same or other proceedings and liability under an agreement to which section 1(4) of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 applies. ”

(2)

The existing paragraph (2) shall be omitted.