§ 232 Page 121, leave out lines 20 to 23 and insert: 1497 '8.—(1) Section 73 of the County Courts Act 1984 (register to be kept of county court judgments) shall be amended as follows.
§ (2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
§ "(1) A register of every—
- (a) judgment entered in a county court;
- (b) administration order made under section 112; and
- (c) order restricting enforcement made under section 112A,
§ (3) In subsection (3)—
- (a) in paragraph (a)—
- (i) after the word "judgments" there shall be inserted "or orders"; and
- (ii) after the word "judgment" there shall be inserted "or order"; and
- (b) in paragraph (b), after the word "judgments" there shall be inserted "or orders".'.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 232. This amendment requires administration orders and orders restricting enforcement to be registered in the register of county court judgments. The register is open for inspection by the public and is principally used by potential creditors to inform decisions as to whether or not it would be prudent to provide loans or services on credit to a particular customer. The information that a potential customer is subject to an administration order is likely to be helpful to someone deciding whether to lend him money, since some creditors who would be prepared to lend to a customer with an existing judgment debt would not be willing to do so if they knew that an administration order was in force. This amendment therefore provides for that information to be included in the register.
Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 232.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.