http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3279/regulation/12/madeThe Approval of Enforcement Agencies Regulations 2000LegislationKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-04MAGISTRATES' COURTS Section 125B of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as inserted by the Access to Justice Act 1999, provides for the enforcement of certain warrants by enforcement agencies to be approved by a magistrates' courts committee, and section 31A of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, also inserted by the Access to Justice Act 1999, provides for the approval of such agencies for this purpose. These Regulations set out the conditions that must be satisfied for an agency to be approved, and the procedure to be followed. Revocation of approval 12 1 The committee may revoke their approval of an agency at any time if they consider that it would be in the public interest to do so. 2 In particular, the committee shall revoke their approval if the contract between the committee and the agency has expired, or terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof, or ceased to be binding for whatever reason. 3 Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above, the committee may revoke their approval if— a any of the information provided with the application is found to be untrue; b any of the conditions in regulation 4 or 5 has ceased to obtain; c the agency has permitted an individual to execute a warrant without formal authorisation in accordance with regulation 11; d the agency or an individual authorised by it to execute warrants has behaved in a manner which the committee consider to be unprofessional or unacceptable; or e in the opinion of the committee, the agency is in serious breach of its contract with the committee. 4 Where the committee propose to revoke their approval other than in the circumstances in paragraph (2) above, they shall, unless they consider the matter to be urgent, give prior notice to the agency so as to give the agency the opportunity— a to make representations about the committee’s reasons for revoking their approval; and b to remedy the circumstances giving rise to the committee’s proposal to revoke their approval. 5 When the committee revoke their approval of an agency, they shall— a notify the agency of their decision in writing, stating the reasons for their decision; b place an advertisement in at least two newspapers circulating in the area of the committee stating the fact that the approval has been revoked; and c notify any other committee which, to the knowledge of the committee revoking approval, has approved the agency.
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