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[F1(1)A register of every judgment entered in a county court for a sum of money of not less than the relevant amount shall be kept in such manner and in such place as may be prescribed.
In this subsection “the relevant amount” means £10 or such other amount as may be prescribed.]
[F2(1)A register of every–
(a)judgment entered in a county court;
(b)administration order made under section 112; and
(c)order restricting enforcement made under section 112A, shall be kept in such manner and in such place as may be prescribed.]
(2)The Lord Chancellor may, by statutory instrument, make regulations as to the keeping of the register, and in this section “prescribed” means prescribed by those regulations.
[F3(3)Regulations under this section may–
(a)prescribe circumstances in which judgments [F4or orders] are to be exempt from registration or in which the registration of any judgment [F5or order] is to be cancelled;
(b)provide for any specified class of judgments [F6or orders]to be exempt from registration.]
(4)Regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
[F7(5)The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Treasury, fix the fees to be paid in respect of–
(a)the making of any information contained in an entry in the register available for inspection in visible and legible form;
(b)the carrying out of any official search of the register;
(c)the supply of a certified copy of any information contained in an entry in the register.]
(6)The proceeds of the fees shall be applied in such manner as the Treasury may direct in paying the expenses incurred in maintaining the register, and any surplus, after providing for the payment of those expenses, shall be paid to the credit of the Consolidated Fund.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 73(1) substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), ss. 54(2), 69(5), Sch. 9 para. 12 and then text containing paras. (a), (b) and (c) substituted (prosp.) for subsection (1) by virtue of Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(2), Sch. 17 para. 14(2)
F2S. 73 subsection (1) containing paras. (a), (b) and (c) substituted (prosp.) for subsection (1) by virtue of Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(2), Sch. 17 para. 14(2)
F3S. 73(3) substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c.61, SIF 34), s. 54(3)
F4Words inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(2), Sch. 17 para. 14(3)(a)(i)
F5Words inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(2), Sch. 17 para. 14(3)(a)(ii)
F6Words inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(2), Sch. 17 para. 14(3)(b)
F7S. 73(5) substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), s. 54(4)
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