(1) Subject to any
order made by a court under subsection (2), where a court makes an order for
the payment of money (other than an order for the payment by way of
maintenance of a periodic sum), interest is payable, at the rate prescribed by
the rules, from —
(a) the
date on which the order is made; or
(b) the
date on which the order takes effect,
whichever is later, on
so much of the money as is from time to time unpaid.
(2) Where a court
makes an order for the payment of money as mentioned in subsection (1), it may
order that interest is not payable on the money payable under the
first-mentioned order or may order —
(a) that
interest is payable at a rate specified in the order, being a rate other than
the rate prescribed by the rules; or
(b) that
interest is payable from the date specified in the order, being a date other
than the date from which the interest would be payable under subsection (1).