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CIVIL JUDGMENTS ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 9

9 .         Suspension order

        (1)         An application under the Act section 15(1) must be supported by an affidavit stating the special circumstances relied upon to justify the making of an order suspending the enforcement of all or part of a judgment.

        (2)         A person who makes an application under the Act section 15(1) must, not less than 3 working days before the hearing of the application, personally serve a copy of the application and affidavit on —

            (a)         the person entitled to the benefit of the judgment; or

            (b)         if the application is being made by a tenant in relation to a judgment in proceedings under the Residential Tenancies Act 1987  — a real estate agent who is managing premises that are the subject of the application and whose address has been notified to the tenant under section 51(2) of that Act.

        (3)         In subregulation (2) —

        working day means a day which is not an excluded day as defined in the Interpretation Act 1984 section 61(2).

        (4)         If a person against whom a judgment is given —

            (a)         obtains, under the Act section 15, an order suspending the enforcement of all or part of a judgment; and

            (b)         knows that the Sheriff has been given an enforcement order relating to the judgment,

                that person must, by ordinary service, give a copy of the suspension order to the Sheriff.

        [Regulation 9 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2007 p. 6239‑40.]



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