F1PART 75TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT

Scope and interpretation75.1

(1)

The practice direction F2supplementing this Part—

(a)

sets out the proceedings to which this Part applies; and

(b)

may apply this Part with modifications in relation to any particular category of those proceedings.

F3(Rule 21.1(1)(c) provides that Part 21 (children and protected parties) does not apply to proceedings under this Part where one of the parties is a child.)

(2)

In this Part—

(a)

“the Centre” means the Traffic Enforcement Centre established under the direction of the Lord Chancellor;

(b)

“no relevant return to the warrant” means that—

(i)

the bailiff has been unable to seize goods because F4the bailiff has been denied access to premises occupied by the defendant or because the goods have been removed from those premises;

(ii)

any goods seized under a warrant of execution are insufficient to satisfy the debt and the cost of execution; or

(iii)

the goods are insufficient to cover the cost of their removal and saleF5;

(c)

“the 1993 Order” means the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993;

(d)

“relevant period”, in relation to any particular case, means—

(i)

the period allowed for serving a statutory declaration F6or witness statement under any enactment which applies to that case; or

(ii)

where an enactment permits the court to extend that period, the period as extended;

(e)

“specified debts” means the debts specified in article 2 of the 1993 Order or treated as so specified by any other enactment; and

(f)

“the authority”, “notice of the amount due”, “order” and “the respondent” have the meaning given by the practice direction F7supplementing this Part.