1. These Rules may be cited as the Judgment Enforcement (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on the 9th April 2010.
2. The Judgment Enforcement Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981(1) are amended as follows—
(a)at the end of rule 7(2)(f), replace the full stop with “; and”;
(b)after rule 7(2)(f), insert “(g) such other documents as may assist in the enforcement of the judgment.”;
(c)in rule 27, omit “whether on the completion of an examination or from the report of an enforcement officer or from both such examination and report,”;
(d)in rule 28(2), after “stop order”, insert “, an order for delivery of goods”;
(e)in rule 39(1), for “a provisional” substitute “an”;
(f)for rule 39(2), substitute—
“The order shall be executed after the expiration of 8 days from the date on which the order is deemed to have been served in accordance with the provisions of these Rules.”;
(g)omit rule 57(4);
(h)in rule 80(1) and (2), for “28”, substitute “21”;
(i)in Schedule 1, amend Form 1 as follows—
(i)after “attached,” insert the following new paragraph—
“and further TAKE NOTICE that you owe the sum of £ , being the fee for issuing this Notice. The total amount owing is £[5a] .”; and
(ii)in the Notes, after Note 5, insert “[5a] This figure should represent the total of all monies due and payable.”; and
(j)in Schedule 1, amend Form 2 as follows—
(i)after “costs.”, insert the following new paragraph—
“and further TAKE NOTICE that you owe the sum of £ , being the fee for issuing this Notice. The total amount owing is £[4] .”; and
(ii)in the Notes, after Note 3, insert “[4] This figure should represent the total of all monies due and payable.”.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
BridgetPrentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
Dated 17th March 2010