5.—(1) A warrant of execution in the nature of a writ of fieri facias may be issued by the authority where a request for that purpose has been sealed by the proper officer of the county court in accordance with rules of court.
(2) Such a warrant empowers the authority to levy or cause to be levied by distress and sale of the respondent’s goods (wherever they may be found within England and Wales) the specified debt and the costs of execution.
(3) The authority shall endorse on any warrant issued by it the date and time when the request to issue the warrant was made and the date and time when the warrant was issued to the enforcement officer.
(4) Only the authority shall be empowered to issue a warrant under paragraph (1).