The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 71 E+W ORDERS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM JUDGMENT DEBTORS

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 71 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 2 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pts. 70-74 applied (with modifications) (30.12.2005) by The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2795), rule 5(5)

C2 Pt. 71 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)

C3 Pt. 71 applied (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 33.23 (with rules 2.1, 33.1(1))

C4 Pt. 71 applied (with modifications) (22.4.2014) by SI 2010/2955 rule 33.23 (as substituted by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/667), art. 1, rule 41 (with art. 45))

C5 Pt. 71 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2017) by The Court of Protection Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1035), rules 24.2(b), 24.6(1)

Conduct of the hearing E+W

71.6— (1) The person ordered to attend court will be questioned on oath.

(2) The questioning will be carried out by a court officer unless the court has ordered that the hearing shall be before a judge.

(3) The judgment creditor or his representative—

(a) may attend and ask questions where the questioning takes place before a court officer; and

(b) must attend and conduct the questioning if the hearing is before a judge.]