The County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) (Amendment) Order 2019

Made: 24th April 2019

Laid before Parliament: 1st May 2019

Coming into force: 27th May 2019

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 74 of the County Courts Act 1984[^f00001] and with the concurrence of the Treasury, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) (Amendment) Order 2019 and shall come into force on 27th May 2019.

Amendment of the County Courts (Interest on Judgement Debts) Order 1991

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• (1) Article 2 (the general rule) of the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph (1), after “given” insert “, unless the court orders otherwise”.

• (3) In paragraph (2), after “from that later date” insert “, unless the court orders otherwise”.

• (4) After paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) The court may order that interest shall begin to run from a date before the date on which the relevant judgment is given.

Signed

Lucy Frazer — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 23rd April 2019

We concur,

Rebecca Harris — Jeremy Quin — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 24th April 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 to enable the court to order interest on a judgment debt to run from a different date than the date when the judgment is given or the amount of the judgment is determined. The date could be from a date that is before the date of the judgment.

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

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 28; section 74 was amended by section 2 of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c. 42), section 17(5) of, and paragraphs 1 and 10(1)(b) of Schedule 9 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) and article 2 of S.I. 2014/1773.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/1184, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.