SCHEDULES
C1C2C3C4 SCHEDULE 12Taking control of goods
Sch. 12 applied (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), ss. 127(2), 129(4); S.I. 2014/906, arts. 2, 3
Sch. 12 applied by S.I. 2013/2605, art. 21K(1) (as inserted (12.11.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 8)
Sch. 12 applied by S.I. 2014/1893, art. 34K(1) (as inserted (12.11.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 20)
C2Part 2The procedure
Other provisions about powers of entry
I4C223
Paragraphs 24 to 30 apply where an enforcement agent has power to enter premises under paragraph 14 or 16 or under a warrant under paragraph 15.
24
I1I51
The power to enter and any power to use force are subject to any restriction imposed by or under regulations.
I62
A power to use force does not include power to use force against personsF1....
25
I2I71
The enforcement agent may enter and remain on the premises only within prescribed times of day.
I2I72
Regulations may give the court power in prescribed circumstances to authorise him to enter or remain on the premises at other times.
I83
The authorisation—
a
may be by order or in a warrant under paragraph 15;
b
may be subject to conditions.
I9C226
1
The enforcement agent must on request show the debtor and any person who appears to him to be in charge of the premises evidence of—
a
his identity, and
b
his authority to enter the premises.
2
The request may be made before the enforcement agent enters the premises or while he is there.
I10C227
1
The enforcement agent may take other people onto the premises.
2
They may assist him in exercising any power, including a power to use force.
3
They must not remain on the premises without the enforcement agent.
4
The enforcement agent may take any equipment onto the premises.
5
He may leave equipment on the premises if he leaves controlled goods there.
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I111
After entering the premises the enforcement agent must provide a notice for the debtor giving information about what the enforcement agent is doing.
I3I122
Regulations must state—
a
the form of the notice;
b
what information it must give.
I3I123
Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a notice need not be provided after re-entry to premises.
I114
If the debtor is on the premises when the enforcement agent is there, the enforcement agent must give him the notice then.
I115
If the debtor is not there, the enforcement agent must leave the notice in a conspicuous place on the premises.
I116
If the enforcement agent knows that there is someone else there or that there are other occupiers, a notice he leaves under sub-paragraph (5) must be in a sealed envelope addressed to the debtor.
I13C229
If the premises are occupied by any person apart from the debtor, the enforcement agent must leave at the premises a list of any goods he takes away.
I14C230
The enforcement agent must leave the premises as effectively secured as he finds them.
Sch. 12 applied (prosp.) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), ss. 127(2), 129(4)