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PART 2Requests for Assistance

Requests for recovery or for the taking of precautionary measures – making the request

8.—(1) A request for recovery or a request for the taking of precautionary measures shall—

(a)be made in writing in accordance with the specimen set out in the Regulation;

(b)contain all the particulars required by and attach all the attachments stipulated in that specimen;

(c)bear the official stamp of the applicant authority; and

(d)be signed by an authorised official.

(2) A request for recovery or for the taking of precautionary measures shall relate to a person specified in regulation 3(2).

(3) The amount of the claim that forms the subject of the request shall be stated in UK sterling and in the currency of the Principality of Andorra.

(4) A request for recovery shall specify, in addition to the particulars specified in paragraph (1)—

(a)the nature and amount of the claim, including the principal sum and costs due, stated in accordance with paragraph (3);

(b)the date of notification of the instrument to the addressee by the applicant authority or the Commissioners or both; and

(c)the date from which and the period during which enforcement is possible under the laws in force in the Principality of Andorra.

(5) For the purposes of these Regulations, where the instrument permitting enforcement concerns more than one claim against a person, the claims in question shall be treated as a single claim.