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52.7.—(1) A warrant must identify—
(a)each person to whom it is directed;
(b)the defendant against whom it was issued;
(c)the sum for which it was issued and the reason that sum is owed;
(d)the court or fines officer who issued it, unless that is otherwise recorded by the court officer; and
(e)the court office for the court or fines officer who issued it.
(2) A person to whom a warrant is directed must record on it the date and time at which it is received.
(3) A warrant that contains an error is not invalid, as long as—
(a)it was issued in respect of a lawful decision by the court or fines officer; and
(b)it contains enough information to identify that decision.
[Note. See sections 78 and 125ZA of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1).]
1980 c. 43; section 78 was amended by sections 37 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and paragraph 219 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39). Section 125A was inserted by section 92 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) and amended by articles 46 and 52 of S.I. 2006/1737 and article 8 of, and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2007/2128 and section 62 of, and paragraphs 45 and 58 of Schedule 13 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).
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