Prospective
(1)The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide that a charge may not be imposed by a charging order for securing the payment of money of an amount below that determined in accordance with the regulations.
(2)The Lord Chancellor may by regulations provide that a charge imposed by a charging order may not be enforced by way of order for sale to recover money of an amount below that determined in accordance with the regulations.
(3)Regulations under this section may—
(a)make different provision for different cases;
(b)include such transitional provision as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit.
(4)The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(5)The Lord Chancellor may not make the first regulations under subsection (1) or (2) unless (in each case) a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(6)A statutory instrument containing any subsequent regulations under those subsections is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 3A inserted (prosp.) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 94, 148(5)