This Order appoints 6 April 2014 as the day on which section 127 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 43 to, the Finance Act 2008 come into force, except for paragraph 11(d) of Part 1 of Schedule 43 which comes into force on 5 April 2014 (that provision repeals certain paragraphs in Schedule 13 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) which comes into force on 6 April 2014 by virtue of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/768).

Section 127 aligns and modernises the powers of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to pursue debt in England and Wales by allowing HMRC to use the procedure set out in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 to recover sums payable to the Commissioners for HMRC. Part 1 of Schedule 43 contains consequential amendments.