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Sunderland City Council
Civic Centre
Burdon Road
Sunderland
SR2 7DN

Tel. (0191) 520 5555
Calls may be recorded for quality and training purposes
If you have at least one High Court or County Court Judgment (CCJ) against you, and your total debts are no more than £5,000, you can apply for an 'administration order' (AO).  This allows the court to send payments to all your creditors.  You make one monthly payment to the court and this is then split between all your creditors in a way the court decides.

Once this happens, a creditor can't take any action against you, and they will stop adding interest to your debt.  The administration order can include:

  • Council Tax;
  • gas, electricity, phone and water bills;
  • fines.

These creditors may object to being included on the administration order, but the court will decide whether or not to include them.

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last updated 16/08/07