The Distress for Rent (Amendment) Rules 2009
These Rules amend the Distress for Rent Rules 1988 (“the 1988 Rules”) to—require each county court that issues bailiffs’ certificates to publish a list of bailiffs carrying on business within that court’s issuing area on the website of Her Majesty’s Courts Service (www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk) (in addition to the existing requirement for the list to be exhibited in the public area of the court office of each county court in the issuing area);require an applicant for a bailiff’s certificate to exhibit with his or her application a certified copy of a criminal conviction certificate, a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate issued pursuant to Part V of the Police Act 1997;amend Form 3 (application for certificate to levy distress) in Appendix 2 to the 1988 Rules to—clarify that an applicant for a bailiff’s certificate is not required to disclose spent convictions in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974;require an applicant for a bailiff’s certificate to exhibit with his or her application a certified copy of a criminal conviction certificate, a criminal record certificate or an enhanced criminal record certificate issued pursuant to Part V of the Police Act 1997 (in accordance with an amendment made by these Rules to rule 4(4) of the 1988 Rules); andamend references to the Register of County Court Judgments to reflect the replacement of that Register with the Register of judgments, orders, fines and tribunal decisions; andin the table of issuing county courts in Appendix 3 to the 1988 Rules—amend references to Clerkenwell county court and Shoreditch county court to reflect the merging of these two courts to form Clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court;change the issuing county court for Mold county court and Wrexham county court (currently Chester county court) to Wrexham county court; andchange the issuing county court for Uxbridge county court (currently Uxbridge county court) and Wandsworth county court (currently Lambeth county court) to Wandsworth county court.