Rating and Valuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1955

13 Charges for levying distress for rates

(1) The Minister may make an order regulating the fees, charges and expenses in respect of, and incidental to, the levying of distress for rates.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding subsection, an order under this section may include provision as to fees, charges and expenses in cases where, in pursuance of an agreement in that behalf, the goods distrained are not removed from the premises where the distress is levied, whether any person is left in physical possession of the goods or not.

(3) An order under this section may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions (including provisions as to the settlement of disputes with respect to any fees, charges or expenses to which the order relates) as may appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order.

(4) On the coming into operation of an order under this section the Distress (Costs) Act, 1817, as extended by the Distress (Costs) Act, 1827 (which make provision as to the costs and expenses chargeable in respect of the levying of certain distresses, including distress for rates), shall cease to apply to distress for rates, and in section one of the Distress for Rates Act, 1849 (which relates to warrants for distress) the reference to reasonable charges, in relation to distress for rates, shall be construed as a reference to the fees, charges and expenses chargeable in accordance with any order for the time being in force under this section.