Point in time view as at 24/11/2023.
Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 275 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.
275U.K.For section 104 (information as to writs and warrants of execution), substitute—
(1)Where a writ against the goods of any person issued from the High Court is delivered to an enforcement officer who is under a duty to execute the writ or to a sheriff, then on demand from the district judge of a county court that person shall—
(a)in the case of an enforcement officer, by writing signed by that officer or a person acting under his authority, and
(b)in the case of a sheriff, by writing signed by any clerk in the office of the under-sheriff,
inform the district judge of the precise time the writ was delivered to him.
(2)A bailiff of a county court shall on demand show his warrant to any enforcement officer, any person acting under the authority of an enforcement officer and any sheriff’s officer.
(3)Any writing purporting to be signed as mentioned in subsection (1) and the endorsement on any warrant issued from a county court shall respectively be sufficient justification to any district judge, or enforcement officer or sheriff, acting on it.
(4)In this section “enforcement officer” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under the Courts Act 2003.”
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