Section 130A — Interest payable on judgment debts etc.

(1) [F1 If the creditor or owner under a regulated agreement wants to be able to recover from the debtor or hirer post-judgment interest in connection with a sum that is required to be paid under a judgment given in relation to the agreement (the ‘judgment sum’), he—]

(a) [F1 after the giving of that judgment, shall give the debtor or hirer a notice under this section (the ‘first required notice’); and]

(b) [F1 after the giving of the first required notice, shall give the debtor or hirer further notices under this section at intervals of not more than six months.]

(2) [F1 The debtor or hirer shall have no liability to pay post-judgment interest in connection with the judgment sum to the extent that the interest is calculated by reference to a period occurring before the day on which he is given the first required notice.]

(3) [F1 If the creditor or owner fails to give the debtor or hirer a notice under this section within the period of six months beginning with the day after the day on which such a notice was last given to the debtor or hirer, the debtor or hirer shall have no liability to pay post-judgment interest in connection with the judgment sum to the extent that the interest is calculated by reference to the whole or to a part of the period which—]

(a) [F1 begins immediately after the end of that period of six months; and]

(b) [F1 ends at the end of the day on which the notice is given to the debtor or hirer.]

(4) [F1 The debtor or hirer shall have no liability to pay any sum in connection with the preparation or the giving to him of a notice under this section.]

(5) [F1 A notice under this section may be incorporated in a statement or other notice which the creditor or owner gives the debtor or hirer in relation to the agreement by virtue of another provision of this Act.]

(6) [F1 Regulations may make provision about the form and content of notices under this section.]

(7) [F1 This section does not apply in relation to post-judgment interest which is required to be paid by virtue of any of the following—]

(a) [F1 section 4 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972;]

(b) [F1 Article 127 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;]

(c) [F1 section 74 of the County Courts Act 1984.]

(8) [F1 This section does not apply in relation to a non-commercial agreement or to a small agreement.]

(9) [F1 In this section ‘post-judgment interest’ means interest to the extent calculated by reference to a period occurring after the giving of the judgment under which the judgment sum is required to be paid.]

Amendment notes

1. F1 S. 130A and preceding cross-heading inserted (16.6.2006 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.10.2008) by Consumer Credit Act 2006 (c. 14), ss. {17}, 71(2) (with Sch. 3 para. 13); S.I. 2006/1508, art. 3(1), Sch. 1; S.I. 2007/3300, art. 3(3), Sch. 3