Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1997B02095:body:0:p4
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judgment creditor to give security for the costs of the application and of any proceedings that may be brought to set aside the registration of the judgment.

Order on application for registration of judgment
10. (1) Where an order is made for registration of a judgment the Court shall fix such period as appears to the Court to be reasonable in the circumstances to enable an application to be made to set aside the registration of the judgment.
      (2) The order for registration of a judgment—
      (a) shall specify the period fixed by the Court under sub-regulation (1); and
      (b) shall contain a statement that execution on the judgment will not issue until the expiration of the period stated in the order.
(3) The Court may, on an application made at any time while it remains competent for a party to apply to have registration of a judgment set aside, grant an extension of the period during which an application to have the registration set aside may be made.

Notice to judgment debtor of registration of judgment
11. (1) Notice in writing of the registration of a judgment of the original court shall be served on the judgment debtor in accordance with the practice and procedure applicable to service of a writ of summons issued by the Court in which the judgment has been registered unless another mode of service is ordered by the Court.

(2) A notice of the registration of a judgment referred to in sub-regulation (1)—
      (a) shall specify full particulars of the registered judgment and the order for registration;
      (b) shall specify the name and address for service of the judgment creditor, his solicitor or agent as the case may be; and
      (c) shall contain a notice to the judgment debtor that he may apply, within the period specified in the order for registration, to have registration of the judgment set aside in accordance with these Regulations.

Effect of registration of foreign judgment
12. (1) Except to the extent that these Regulations provide for the setting aside of registration, a registered judgment shall be of the same force and effect as a judgment of the Court in which it is registered as if it had been entered in that Court on the date of registration.
(2) For the purpose of any proceedings on a registered judgment, interest on the sum for which the judgment is registered shall accrue from the date of registration of the judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the Court in which it is registered.

Execution not to issue before period allowed to set aside judgment
13. Execution shall not issue on a registered judgment until—
      (a) the expiration of