73 Register of judgments and orders.E+W
[(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.
[(3)Regulations under this section may–
(a)prescribe circumstances in which judgments [or orders] are to be exempt from registration or in which the registration of any judgment [or order] is to be cancelled;
(b)provide for any specified class of judgments [or 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.
[(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
Modifications etc. (not altering text)