Charges connected with distress8
1
Schedule 56 is amended as follows.
2
In column (2) of the Table to paragraph 1—
a
in relation to head A (visit where no levy is made), for “£15.00” there is substituted “£20.00”, and for “£12.50” there is substituted “15.00”;
b
in relation to head E (possession of goods), for “£10 per day” there is substituted “£12.50 per day”, and in relation to for “10 pence per day” there is substituted “£10.00”; and
c
in relation to head H (prior payment etc.), for “Reasonable costs” to the end of the Table there is substituted—
Either—
i
£20, or
ii
the actual costs incurred, to a maximum of 5 per cent. of the amount in respect of which the liability order was made,
whichever is the greater.
3
In paragraph 2(1) (amounts in respect of levy), for “£15” in paragraph (a) there is substituted “£20”, and in paragraph (b) for “15 per cent.” there is substituted “20 per cent.”.
4
After paragraph 2 there is inserted—
2A
No charge shall be payable under head F of the Table to paragraph 1 in respect of the appraisement of an item unless the debtor has been advised of the charge, and the manner of its calculation, before the appraisement is made.