Cancellation of registration
7.29—(1) A notice under section 5 of the Act of 1958(1) by a person entitled to receive payments under an order registered in the High Court must be given to the proper officer.
(2) Where the High Court gives notice under the said section 5, the proper officer shall endorse the notice on the certified copy mentioned in rule 7.27(1).
(3) Where notice under the said section 5 is given in respect of an order registered in the High Court, the proper officer on being satisfied by an affidavit by the person entitled to receive payments under the order that no process for the enforcement of the order issued before the giving of the notice remains in force, shall—
(a)cancel the registration by entering particulars of the notice in the register or cause book, as the case may be, and
(b)send notice of the cancellation to the clerk of the court by which the order was made and, where applicable, to the clerk of the magistrates' court in which the order was registered in accordance with section 17(4) of the Act of 1950 stating, if such be the case, that the cancellation is in consequence of a notice given under subsection (1) of the said section 5.
(4) On receipt of notice from the clerk of a magistrates' court that the registration in that court under the Act of 1958 of an order made by the High Court or a county court has been cancelled, the proper officer shall enter particulars of the cancellation on the same documents or in the same records as particulars of registration are required by rule 7.23(4) to be entered.
(5) On receipt of notice from the clerk of a magistrates' court that the registration in that court under the Act of 1958 of an order registered in the High Court in accordance with section 17(4) of the Act of 1950 has been cancelled, the proper officer shall note the cancellation in Part II of the register.
Section 5 was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Schedule 3, paragraph 4.