The County Court (Forms) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1998

Made: 4th December 1998

Coming into force: 31st December 1998

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• (1) These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Forms) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1998.

• (2) In these Rules, a form referred to by number means the form so numbered in the Schedule to the County Court (Forms) Rules 1982¹.

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In the notes to Form N.1, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.1(B), for paragraph 4, there shall be substituted–

If judgment is entered against you and is for £5,000 or more, or is in respect of a debt which attracts contractual or late payment interest, the plaintiff may be entitled to further interest.

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In the notes to Forms N.1(D), N.2, N.3 and N.4, for the words–

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In the notes to Forms N.22, N.23, N.25, N.30, N.30(1), N.30(3), N.34, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.30(2), for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.35, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.35A, for the words–

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In the notes to Forms N.37 and N.38, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.39, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.55, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.61, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N. 64, for the words–

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In the Employer’s record of payments part of Form N.66, for the words–

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In the notes to Form N.84, for the words–

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In the notes to Forms N.85, N.86 and N.87, for the words–

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In the notes to Forms N.96, N.97, N.98 and N.99, for the words–

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In the notes to Forms N.108 and N.109, for the words–

Signed

We, the undersigned members of the Rule Committee, appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 75 of the County Courts Act 1984², having by virtue of the powers vested in us in that section made these Rules, certify them and submit them to the Lord Chancellor.

Neil Butter — Helen Paling — Hugh Jones — Margaret Wilby — Peter Birts — Henrietta Manners — E. C. Gee

I allow these Rules, which shall come into force on 31st December 1998.

Irvine of Lairg, C. — Dated 4th December 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make minor amendments to the County Court (Forms) Rules 1982 so as to amend the notes to forms in relation to interest on judgments. These changes have been made as a result of an amendment to the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1184), which allows interest to run on judgment debts of less than £5,000 where the judgment is in respect of a debt which attracts contractual or statutory interest payable as a result of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. (Previously the 1991 Order only allowed interest to run on judgment debts of not less than £5,000.)

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