The Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines Regulations 2005

Interpretation

3.  In these Regulations—

“the 1998 Rules” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(1);

“the Act” means the Courts Act 2003;

“Administrative Court” has the same meaning as in Part 54 of the 1998 Rules;

“amendment notice” means the notice given to the Registrar in accordance with regulation 21;

“applicable charge” means the charge fixed by the Lord Chancellor in accordance with section 98(4) of the Act, or in accordance with section 98(4) as applied by section 98(7)(b) of the Act;

“appropriate officer” means—

(a)

in the case of the High Court or a county court, an officer of the court in which the judgment is entered;

(b)

in the case of a registration under paragraph 38(1)(b) of Schedule 5 to the Act—

(i)

where a fines officer exercises the power to register following service of a notice under paragraph 37(6)(b) of that Schedule, that officer; or

(ii)

where a court exercises the power to register by virtue of paragraph 39(3) or (4) of that Schedule, an officer of that court;

(c)

in respect of a liability order designated for the purposes of section 33(5) of the Child Support Act 1991(2), the Secretary of State;

“appropriate fee” means the fee prescribed under section 92(1) of the Act;

“certificate of satisfaction” means the certificate applied for under regulation 17;

“data protection principles” means the principles set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 1998(3), as read subject to Part 2 of that Schedule and section 27(1) of that Act;

“debt” means the sum of money owed by virtue of a judgment, administration order or fine, and “debtor” means the individual, incorporated or unincorporated body liable to pay that sum;

“family proceedings” has the same meaning as in section 63 (interpretation) of the Family Law Act 1996(4);

“judgment” means any judgment or order of the court for a sum of money and, in respect of a county court, includes a liability order designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 33(5) of the Child Support Act 1991;

“Local Justice Area” means the area specified in an order made under section 8(2) of the Act;

“Registrar” means—

(a)

where the Register is kept by a body corporate in accordance with section 98(6) of the Act, that body corporate; or

(b)

otherwise, the Lord Chancellor;

“the Register” means the register kept in accordance with section 98(1) of the Act;

“satisfied”, in relation to a debt, means that the debt has been paid in full, and “satisfaction” is to be construed accordingly;

“Technology and Construction Court” has the same meaning as in Part 60 of the 1998 Rules.

(1)

S.I. 1998/3132, frequently amended.

(2)

1991 c. 48.

(3)

1998 c. 29.

(4)

1996 c. 27.