Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 70 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 1 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 70-74 applied (with modifications) (30.12.2005) by The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2795), rule 5(5)
C2Pt. 70 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)
C3Pt. 70 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2011) by The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955), rule 33.2 (with rules 2.1, 33.1(1))
C4Pt. 70 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2017) by The Court of Protection Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1035), rules 24.2(a), 24.6(1)
70.1—(1) This Part contains general rules about enforcement of judgments and orders.
(Rules about specific methods of enforcement are contained in Parts 71 to 73, [F281, [F383, 84 and 89, and Schedule 2 CCR Order 28])
(2) In this Part and in Parts 71 to 73—
(a)“judgment creditor” means a person who has obtained or is entitled to enforce a judgment or order;
(b)“judgment debtor” means a person against whom a judgment or order was given or made;
(c)“judgment or order” includes an award which the court has—
(i)registered for enforcement;
(ii)ordered to be enforced; or
(iii)given permission to enforce
as if it were a judgment or order of the court, and in relation to such an award, “the court which made the judgment or order” means the court which registered the award or made such an order; and
(d)“judgment or order for the payment of money” includes a judgment or order for the payment of costs, but does not include a judgment or order for the payment of money into court.]]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in rule 70.1 inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 30(b)(i) (with rule 41)