SCHEDULES

Valid from 15/03/2004

SCHEDULE 7 E+W High Court writs of execution

Enforcement officers: general E+W

Enforcement officers to have traditional powers etc. of sheriff E+W

4 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to writs directed to one or more enforcement officers under paragraph 3.

(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.

(3) “The relevant officer” means—

(a) if the writ is directed to a single enforcement officer under paragraph 3(1)(a) or (c), that officer;

(b) 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.

(4) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a person acting under the authority of the relevant officer as it applies to the relevant officer.

(5) In this Schedule “approved arrangements” means arrangements approved by the Lord Chancellor or a person acting on his behalf.