PART IVCOMMENCEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT
Applications
Preliminary application for custody warrant and report23
1
Where the outstanding balance of all moneys due and payable under the judgment exceedsF1 £3,000 or such other amount as may be fixed by rules, the creditor may, in the first instance, upon payment of the appropriate fee apply to the Office for—
a
the issue of a custody warrant; and
b
a report as to the means of the debtor following—
i
a requirement for information under Article 26, or
ii
an examination under Article 27 or 28.
2
If the creditor to whom the report referred to in paragraph (1)( b) is delivered fails to apply for enforcement of the judgment in accordance with the provisions of Article 22 within 10 days or such longer period as the Office may allow after such delivery, the Office shall forthwith discharge the custody warrant, and thereupon the application under paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect.