Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 3A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F13A(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 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)
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