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If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:S.I. 2010/2921 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 39)S.I. 2010/2921 art. 4 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2007/2706Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2005/3175 art. 2(2) commences (2004 c. 33)S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2(a) Sch. 1 para 21 commences (2005 c. 4)S.I. 2007/602 art. 2(a) commences (2004 c. 28)S.I. 2007/709 art. 3(s) art. 3(r) commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/935 art. 5(ii) commences (2006 c. 40)S.I. 2007/1897 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 9)S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)S.I. 2009/3250 art. 2(h) commences (2007 c. 29)S.I. 2010/298 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 23)S.I. 2010/816 art. 2-6 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 commences (2011 c. 13)S.S.I. 2006/286 art. 2(b) commences (2005 asp 16)S.S.I. 2007/334 art. 2(b) Sch. 2 commences (2007 asp 10)Enforcement officers: generalE+WDistricts for writs [F1and warrants] F1enforced by enforcement officersE+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 heading substituted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 140(10)(b)(ii), 148(5); S.I. 2007/2709, art. 5(a)1(1)England and Wales is to be divided into districts for the purposes of this Schedule.E+W(2)The districts are to be those specified in regulations made under paragraph 12.Enforcement officers: authorisation and assignment to districtsE+W2(1)An enforcement officer is an individual who is authorised to act as such by the Lord Chancellor or a person acting on his behalf.E+W(2)The Lord Chancellor or a person acting on his behalf must assign at least one enforcement officer to each district.(3)The Lord Chancellor or a person acting on his behalf may—(a)assign an enforcement officer to more than one district, and(b)change any assignment of an enforcement officer so that he is assigned to a different district or to different districts.Direction of writs of execution to enforcement officersE+W3(1)A writ of execution issued from the High Court may be directed—E+W(a)if only one enforcement officer is assigned to the district in which the writ is to be executed, to that officer,(b)if two or more enforcement officers are assigned to that district, to those officers collectively, or(c)to a named enforcement officer who, whether or not assigned to that district, has undertaken to execute the writ.(2)In this paragraph “writ of execution” does not include—(a)a writ of sequestration, or(b)a writ relating to ecclesiastical property.[F2Issue of certain warrants to enforcement officersE+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2Sch. 7 para. 3A and cross heading inserted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. {140(2)}, 148(5); S.I. 2007/2709, art. 5(a)3A(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies for the purpose of identifying the enforcement officer to whom a warrant may be issued under—E+W(a)section 91(1) of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (proceedings in case of refusal to deliver possession of lands), or(b)section 13(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (refusal to give possession to acquiring authority).(2)The enforcement officer, in relation to such a warrant, is—(a)the enforcement officer assigned to a relevant district or, if two or more enforcement officers are assigned to that district, those officers collectively, or(b)a named enforcement officer who, whether or not assigned to a relevant district, has undertaken to execute the warrant.(3)In sub-paragraph (2), “a relevant district”, in relation to a warrant, means—(a)the district where the land in respect of which the warrant was issued is situated, or(b)if that land (being land in one ownership) is not situated wholly in one district, a district where any part of that land is situated.]Enforcement officers to have traditional powers etc. of sheriffE+W4(1)This paragraph applies in relation to writs directed to one or more enforcement officers under paragraph 3 [F3and warrants issued to one or more enforcement officers under an enactment mentioned in paragraph 3A(1)(a) or (b)]F3 .E+W(2)The relevant officer has, in relation to the writ, the duties, powers, rights, privileges and liabilities that a sheriff of a county would have had at common law if—(a)the writ had been directed to him, and(b)the district in which it is to be executed had been within his county.[F4(1A)But it is subject to Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 in the case of a writ conferring power to use the procedure in that Schedule.][F5(2A)The relevant officer has, in relation to the warrant, the duties, powers, rights, privileges and liabilities that a sheriff of a county would have had at common law if—(a)the warrant had been issued to him, and(b)the district in which it is to be executed had been within his county.][F6(3)“The relevant officer” means—(a)in relation to a writ—(i)if the writ is directed to a single enforcement officer under paragraph 3(1)(a) or (c), that officer;(ii)if the writ is directed to two or more enforcement officers collectively under paragraph 3(1)(b), the officer to whom, in accordance with approved arrangements, the execution of the writ is allocated,(b)in relation to a warrant—(i)if the warrant is issued to a single enforcement officer in accordance with paragraph 3A(2)(a) or (b), that officer;(ii)if the warrant is issued to two or more enforcement officers collectively in accordance with paragraph 3A(2)(a), the officer to whom, in accordance with approved arrangements, the execution of the warrant is allocated.][F7(4)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (2A) apply to a person acting under the authority of the relevant officer as they apply to the relevant officer.]F7(5)In this Schedule “approved arrangements” means arrangements approved by the Lord Chancellor or a person acting on his behalf.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. 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All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F3Words in Sch. 7 para. 4(1) inserted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 140(4), 148(5); S.I. 2007/2709, art. 5(a)F4Sch. 7 para. 4(1A) inserted (prosp.) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 62(3), 148(5), Sch. 13 para. 151(2) (with s. 89)F5Sch. 7 para. 4(2A) inserted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 140(5), 148(5); S.I. 2007/2709, art. 5(a)F6Sch. 7 para. 4(3) substituted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 140(6), 148(5), S.I. 2007/2709, {art. 5(a)}F7Sch. 7 para. 4(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 140(7), 148(5); S.I. 2007/2709, art. 5(a)Constable’s duty to assist enforcement officersE+W5It is the duty of every constable, at the request of—E+W(a)an enforcement officer, or(b)a person acting under the officer’s authority,to assist the officer or that person in the execution of a writ [F8or warrant]F8 .
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