Section 71.2

A judgment creditor may apply for an order requiring— to attend court to provide information about— a judgment debtor; or if a judgment debtor is a company or other corporation, an officer of that body, the judgment debtor’s means; or any other matter about which information is needed to enforce a judgment or order. An application under paragraph (1)— may be made without notice; and must be issued in the court or County Court hearing centre which made the judgment or order which it is sought to enforce, except that— if the proceedings have since been transferred to a different court or hearing centre, it must be issued in that court; or subject to subparagraph (b)(i), if it is to enforce a judgment made in the Civil National Business Centre, it must be issued in accordance with section 2 of Practice Direction 70. The application notice must— required by Practice Direction 71. be in the form; and contain the information An application under paragraph (1) may be dealt with by a court officer without a hearing. If the application notice complies with paragraph (3), an order to attend court will be issued in the terms of paragraph (6). A person served with an order issued under this rule must— attend court at the time and place specified in the order; when he does so, produce at court documents in his control which are described in the order; and answer on oath such questions as the court may require. An order under this rule will contain a notice in the following terms , or in terms to substantially the same effect— If you the within-named [ ] do not comply with this order you may be held to be in contempt of court and punished by a fine, imprisonment, confiscation of assets or other punishment under the law.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15