{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Charging of interest etc.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to a non-business debtor during a period of protection.\n(2) No qualifying creditor is to charge any sum by way of interest, fee or other charge in respect of a qualifying debt, unless—\n(a) regulations provide otherwise, or\n(b) the creditor has the permission of the county court.\n(3) The county court may give permission for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in ss. 115-118 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:45.892078+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."
}