Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, made under section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), make provision in respect of the register to be kept of—

(a)

judgments entered in the High Court;

(b)

judgments entered in county courts;

(c)

administration orders made under section 112 of the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28); and

(d)

sums registered by virtue of paragraph 38(1)(b) of Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003.

In particular, these Regulations provide for—

(a)

judgments, administration orders and fines to be registered (regulations 8 and 9);

(b)

cancellation of entries in the register and endorsement of notices against entries (regulations 11 to 16);

(c)

certification as to the payment in full of a debt owed under a judgment or administration order and as to the payment in full of a fine (regulations 17 to 19);

(d)

amendment of entries in the register (regulations 20 to 25);

(e)

removal of an entry in the register (regulation 26);

(f)

searches of the register and provision of certified copies (regulations 27 and 28);

(g)

refusal of access to the register and appeals against that refusal (regulation 29).