Part 3: Enforcement by Taking Control of Goods Schedule 13: Taking control of goods: amendments Section 64: Certificates to act as an enforcement agent
341.This section specifies who may issue a certificate under which an enforcement agent can act. The section also provides that the Lord Chancellor must make provision about certificates by regulations. The provision may include, for example, conditions that may apply to issued certificates, provision about the suspension and cancellation of certificates, and provision for reasonable fees to be charged for applications for certificates.
342.Subsection (4) enables enforcement agents who currently hold a certificate issued under section 7 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 to continue to operate under that certificate. After the certificate expires, regulations will specify that a certificate will need to be issued in accordance with the new certification provisions under this section.